Moliere Quotes

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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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  Freedom, Kindness, Helping Others

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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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  Wise, Patience, Wisdom

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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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  Dance, Book, Skills

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• The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.

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  People, Wicked, Vices

  "The Misanthrope and Other Plays". Book by Molière, p. 101, 1959.

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

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  Motivational, Positive, Success

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• People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

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  People, Promise, Deeds

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• The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.

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  Long, Accomplishment, Projection

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• Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

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  Love, Experience, Masters

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

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  Long, Judgement, Looks

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• Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.

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  Love Life, Men, His Love

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

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  Reform, Literature, World

  "The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover". Comedy by Moliere, 1666.

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

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  Inspirational, Success, Patience

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• I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

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  Wisdom, Fun, Fool

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

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  People, Worry, Happens

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• Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

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  Book, Good Friend, Bottles

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

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  Death, Medicine, People

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

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  Heart, Secret, Our Actions

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

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  Love, Funny, Money

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• No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

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  Attention, World, Safe

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

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  Speaking Well, Literature, Wells

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• Things are only worth what you make them worth.

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  Perspective

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• People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

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  People, Stupidity, Praise

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

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  Funny, Humorous, Men

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• Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death

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  Death, Shadow Of Death, Shadow

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• I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

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  Honesty, Heart, Men

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