“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
— Molière
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”
“Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“The great ambition of women is to inspire love.”
“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.”
“Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.”
“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death.”
“Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.”
“Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.”
“Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.”
“You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.”
“Music and dance are all you need.”
“Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.”
“People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.”
“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.”
“Long is the road from conception to completion.”
“No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.”
“I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.”
“The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.”
“We die only once, and for such a long time.”
“My hate is general, I detest all men; Some because they are wicked and do evil, Others because they tolerate the wicked, Refusing them the active vigorous scorn Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.”
“If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.”
“One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.”
“There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.”
“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.”
“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”
“It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.”
“Gold makes the ugly beautiful.”
“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.”
“I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.”
“Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.”
“You are a fool in four letters, my son.”
“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!”
“As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.”
“To live without loving is not really to live.”
“Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.”
“In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.”
“People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.”
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”
“The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.”
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.”
“Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.”
“Malicious men may die, but malice never.”
“There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting.”
“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”
“It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.”
“Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.”
“If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.”
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