Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
MOLIEREBirth means nothing where there is no virtue.
More Moliere Quotes
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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Virtue is the first title of nobility.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Dom Juan believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
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All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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