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It is fine for a woman to know a lot but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
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Theatrical Director
Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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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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The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]
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I have a heart to love all the world and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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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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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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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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We must take the good with the bad For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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