Moliere Quotes - Page 3

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• The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.

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  Powerful, Honor, Overcoming

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• There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.

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  Fate, Artist, Ignorant

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• The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.

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  Eating, Genuine, Dine

  "Amphitryon" by Molière, III. 5, 1690.

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

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  Secret, Scandal, Sin

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• Reason is not what decides love.

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  Love, Marriage, Literature

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• The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.

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  Two, Giving, Secret

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• To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.

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  Women, Believe, Heart

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• One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.

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  Bears, Moral, Satire

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• Deference and intimacy live far apart.

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  Intimacy, Deference, Wooing

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• Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved

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  Passion, Doubt, Faults

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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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• Perfect reason avoids all extremes.

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  Perfect, Reason, Extremes

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• Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.

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  Couple, Perfect, Sobriety

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• There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting.

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  Love, Lying, Fall

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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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• They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.

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  Enlightenment, Blind, Reason

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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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  Integrity, Heart, Would Be

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• Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.

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  Deeds, Undone, Left

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

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  People, Intelligence, Quality

  Jean-Baptiste Moliere (2015). “Tartuffe and Other Plays”, p.27, Penguin

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• He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.

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  Sarcastic, Money, Men

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• You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.

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  Long, Long Time, Dies

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• unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

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  Happiness, Should Have, Unbroken

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• The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

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  Art, Errors, Giving

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• At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

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  Marriage, Married, Being Married

  "The Misanthrope and Other Plays".

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• In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.

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  Society, Needs, Too Much

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