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According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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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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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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Ah, there are no children nowadays.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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To live without loving is not really to live.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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It is a folly second to none to try to improve the world.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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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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