Moliere

If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.

— Moliere

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

— Moliere

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

— Moliere

Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.

— Molière

Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!

— Moliere

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

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When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.

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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.

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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are…

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Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and…

— Moliere

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-night useless, since their…

— Moliere

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is…

— Moliere

“Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his…

— Molière

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who…

— Moliere

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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Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to…

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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

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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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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe

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Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety

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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.

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It is a public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

— Moliere

Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.

— Moliere

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

— Moliere

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

— Moliere

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

— Moliere

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.

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Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]

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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.

— Moliere

We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.

— Moliere

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

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Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

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When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.

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There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.

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To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

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The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

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Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?

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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

— Moliere