Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIEREIt is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
More Moliere Quotes
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Music and dance are all you need.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.
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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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In order to prove a friend to one’s guests, frugality must reign in one’s meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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