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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
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
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The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.
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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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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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It is the public scandal that offends to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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It may cost me twenty thousand francs but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
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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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Long is the road from conception to completion.
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It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.
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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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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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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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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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Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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