Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
Quote by Moliere
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Moliere Quotes
- Love is often the fruit of marriage.
- I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
- He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
- Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
- There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
- The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
- The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
- If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
- A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
- The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
Best Quotes
- I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.
- The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
- The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
- If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.
- Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
- I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
- We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
- All great peoples are conservative.
- Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
- Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.