Moliere Quotes

• Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

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• Reason is not what decides love.

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

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• People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

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• People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

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• One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

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• Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.

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• Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

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

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• No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it’s the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

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

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

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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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• It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

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

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• If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

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• If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.

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• If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

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• I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

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• I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

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Moliere (81)

Birth:	15th January, 1622
Death:	17th February, 1673
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Actor, Playwriter

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