Moliere Quotes

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• People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
• With a smile we should instruct our youth...
• It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
• The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for…
• Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish…
• He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
• Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
• People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
• To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she…
• Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
• And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he'd take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
• You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
• The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
• Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
• Birth is nothing where virtue is not
• There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
• Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
• It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
• Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
• Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.

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