Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors … - Moliere - Quotesmemo.com

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A news junkie, I read, daily, the 'Times<br>Sunday Times,' the 'Guardian<br>Observer,' 'Mail,' and the 'Argus' - both to keep up with crime in Brighton, where I set my novels, and because I think it is vital to support local papers - they provide a unique accountability for councils, emergency services and so much else, and are dangerously undervalued.

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Moliere

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

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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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Reason is not what decides love.

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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.

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What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?

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Anything that doesn't bore me I think is doable because it's keeping me awake.

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