Molière - People Quotes

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People of quality know everything without ever having been taught anything.

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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

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The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

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People do not mind being wicked; but they object to being made ridiculous.

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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

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There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.

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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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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!

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