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| Moliere
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. 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. Ah that I – You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you have wished it so. This suits you very nicely, and you are served right; you have precisely what you deserve. All extremes does perfect reason flee, and wishes to be wise quite soberly. 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. Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man. Assassination's the fastest way. Books and marriage go ill together. But it is not reason that governs love. Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. Every good act is charity. a man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair. Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters. I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others. I am addressing myself – I am addressing myself to my cap. I assure you that a learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool. I will maintain it before the whole world. I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. Innocence is not accustomed to blush. It is a public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. Medicine is only for those who are fit enough to survive the treatment as well as the illness. My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship. Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases. Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive. Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two. One dies only once, and then for such a long time! One is easily fooled by that which one loves. One should eat to live, not live to eat. People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed. 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. Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner. Tell me to whom you are addressing yourself when you say that. That must be wonderful; I don't understand it at all. The beautiful eyes of my cash-box. The genuine amphitryon is the amphitryon with whom we dine. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. The real amphitryon is the amphitryon who gives dinners. The road is long from the project to its completion. The smallest errors are always the best. The world, dear agnes, is a strange affair. There are fagots and fagots. There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. There's nothing like tobacco; it is the passion of all decent men – a man who lives without tobacco does not deserve to live. They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism. Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors. To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to. To live without loving is to not really live. To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw. Too great haste leads us to error. We die only once, and for such a long time. We have changed all that. What the devil was he doing in this galley? Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. You are going to be greatly edified; they’ll tell you in Latin that your daughter is sick. You are speaking before a man to whom all Naples is known. |
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