Pierre de Marivaux Quotes

The soul refines itself in proportion to how it spoils itself.

What is that charity worth which does not spare the wretched person’s feelings, which instead, before providing comfort, begins by wiping out his self-esteem.

It’s almost always sin which preaches virtue in our pulpits.

The generosity of men is accompanied by such a humiliating embarrassment for those who benefit from it.

In this world, one must be a little too good in order to be good enough.

A husband wears a mask in the world and a smirk with his wife.