Moliere Quotes About Literature
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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.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
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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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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.
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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 have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
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Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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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.
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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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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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People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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