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According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
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Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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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 can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]
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Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
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[Dom Juan] believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Love is often the fruit of marriage.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
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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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They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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It is a folly second to none to try to improve the world.
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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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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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