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Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

~ Molière

Molière Inspirational Patience

Its as if you think you'd never findReason and the Sacred intertwined

~ Molière

Molière Faith Reason

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

~ Molière

Molière Education Foolishness Fools Ignorance Intelligence

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.

~ Molière

Molière Life World

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.

~ Molière

Molière Compliments Deceit Flattery Hypocrisy Misanthropic People Roguery Society Stereotypes

We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show on all occasions the bottom of his heart in his discourse. Let that be the thing to speak, and never let our feelings be beneath vain compliments

~ Molière

Molière Compliments Discourse Feelings Friendly Hypocrisy Intercourse Misanthropy People Pretending Society

There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one in civilities

~ Molière

Molière Bootlicking Dishonesty Hypocrisy Misanthropy People Relationships Society Stereotypes Words

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are aware that this low-bred fellow, who deserves to be pilloried, has, by the dirtiest jobs, made his way in the world; and that the splendid position he has acquired makes merit repine and virtue blush. Yet whatever dishonourable epithets may be launched against him everywhere, nobody defends his wretched honour. Call him a rogue, an infamous wretch, a confounded scoundrel if you like, all the world will say “yea, ” and no one contradicts you. But for all that, his bowing and scraping are welcome everywhere; he is received, smiled upon, and wriggles himself into all kinds of society; and, if any appointment is to be secured by intriguing, he will carry the day over a man of the greatest worth. Zounds! these are mortal stabs to me, to see vice parleyed with; and sometimes times I feel suddenly inclined to fly into a wilderness far from the approach of men.

~ Molière

Molière Cunning Deceit Deception Endearments Hypocrisy Life Life Lesson Masks Misanthropy Morality People Roguery Society Traitor Truth Vices

If perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if people should try to spread evil reports about you, would you tamely submit to all this without flying into a rage?

~ Molière

Molière Anger Deceit Evil Friend Friends Betrayal Harm Life People Rage Society Wrongdoing

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 scornWhich vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.

~ Molière

Molière Detest Evil Hate Misanthrope Scorn Toleration Vice Virtue Wicked

Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause?Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?

~ Molière

Molière Heaven Hypocrisy Religion

Betrayed and wronged in everything,I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,And seek some spot unpeopled and apartWhere I’ll be free to have an honest heart.

~ Molière

Molière Disappointment Misanthropy Solitude

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask, he is well-known everywhere in his true colors, his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him.

~ Molière

Molière Appearances Betrayal Cunning Deceit Hypocrisy Masks Misanthropic Perception Traitor

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

~ Molière

Molière Control Grammar Kings

Displaying vice to the mockery of men deals it a great blow. Men put up with admonition but are loath to be mocked. One might be willing to be wicked, one cannot bear to appear foolish.

~ Molière

Molière Expose Mock Mockery Satire Vice Wickedness

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

~ Molière

Molière Challenges Overcoming Obstacles

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

~ Molière

Molière Mankind Nastiness

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

~ Molière

Molière Malice Mankind

I find that it is the best trade of all; for, whether we manage well or ill, we are paid just the same.

~ Molière

Molière Medicine

A shoemaker, in making a pair of shoes, cannot spoil a scrap of leather without having to bear the loss; but in our business we may spoil a man without its costing us a farthing. The blunders are never put down to us, and it is always the fault of the fellow who dies. The best of this profession is, that there is the greatest honesty and discretion among the dead; for you never find them complain of the physician who has killed them.

~ Molière

Molière Medicine

Long is the road from conception to completion.

~ Molière

Molière Ability Achievement

Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

~ Molière

Molière Creating Positive Change

It is a long road from conception to completion.

~ Molière

Molière Fate Destiny

The more we love our friends the less we flatter them it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

~ Molière

Molière Friends Friendship

Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

~ Molière

Molière Getting Going

It is a public scandal that gives offence and it is no sin to sin in secret.

~ Molière

Molière Morality Ethics

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

~ Molière

Molière Worthy Victories

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

~ Molière

Molière Men Comedy Duty

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

~ Molière

Molière Love Joy Think

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

~ Molière

Molière Work Day Reading

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

~ Molière

Molière Best Trees Fruit

We die only once, and for such a long time.

~ Molière

Molière Time Die Long

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

~ Molière

Molière Live Eat Should

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

~ Molière

Molière Man World Wealth

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

~ Molière

Molière Dog Stand House

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

~ Molière

Molière Well Piety Pretenders

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

~ Molière

Molière Grief You Too Much

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

~ Molière

Molière Love Love Is Fruit
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