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Category: Moliere

3 December 2020 Moliere

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

3 December 2020 Moliere

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

3 December 2020 Moliere

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

3 December 2020 Moliere

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

3 December 2020 Moliere

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

3 December 2020 Moliere

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

3 December 2020 Moliere

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

3 December 2020 Moliere

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

3 December 2020 Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

3 December 2020 Moliere

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

3 December 2020 Moliere

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

3 December 2020 Moliere

We die only once, and for such a long time.

3 December 2020 Moliere

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

3 December 2020 Moliere

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

3 December 2020 Moliere

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

3 December 2020 Moliere

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.

3 December 2020 Moliere

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

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