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81 " Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death "
― Molière
82 " One must eat to live and not live to eat. "
83 " I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores. "
84 " unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs. "
85 " Le plus grand faible des hommes, c'est l'amour qu'ils ont de la vie. "
86 " Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. "
87 " I always think. "
88 " Reason is not what decides love. "
89 " I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy;But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. "
90 " Ah! What a fine thing it is to know something! "
91 " The heart can do anything. "
92 " Those who have greatest cause for guilt and shameAre quickest to besmirch a neighbour's name.When there's a chance for libel, they never miss it;When something can be made to seem illicit They're off at once to spread the joyous news,Adding to fact what fantasies they choose.By talking up their neighbour's indiscretionsThey seek to camouflage their own transgressions,Hoping that other's innocent affairsWill lend camouflage to theirs,Or that their own black guilt will come to seemPart of a gerenal shady color-sheme "
93 " Que jamais par la force on n'entra dans un coeur,Et que toute âme est libre à nommer son vainqueur. "
94 " To marry a fool is to be no fool. "
95 " All of the ills of mankind, all of the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books ...have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. "
― Molière , The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies
96 " That any gentleman should always keepIn stern control this writing itch we’re seized with; That he must hold in check the great impatience We feel to give the world these idle pastimes; For, through this eagerness to show our works, 'Tis likely we shall cut a foolish figure. "
― Molière , The Misanthrope
97 " Monsieur, c'est trop d'honneur que vous me voulez faire;Mais l'amitié demande un peu plus de mystère,Et c'est assurément en profaner le nomQue de vouloir le mettre à toute occasion.Avec lumière et choix cette union veut naître;Avant que nous lier, il faut nous mieux connaître,Et nous pourrions avoir telles complexions,Que tous deux du marché nous nous repentirions. "
98 " Deceived on all sides, overwhelmed with injustice, I will fly from an abyss where vice is triumphant, and seek out some small secluded nook on earth, where on may enjoy the freedom of being an honest man. "
99 " 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 "
100 " I am, I fear, Inclined to be unfashionably sincere. ORONTE "
― Molière , The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe