Molière Quotes
Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly beha...
Show MoreIf perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if ...
Show MoreThere is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affa...
Show MoreMy hate is general, I detest all men;Some because they are wicked and do evil,Others because they to...
Show MoreYou may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colo...
Show MoreWe ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a m...
Show MoreBetrayed and wronged in everything,I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,And seek some spot...
Show MoreI become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere ...
Show MoreWhy put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause?Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
Its as if you think you'd never findReason and the Sacred intertwined
I find that it is the best trade of all; for, whether we manage well or ill, we are paid just the sa...
Show MoreA shoemaker, in making a pair of shoes, cannot spoil a scrap of leather without having to bear the l...
Show MoreGrammar, which knows how to control even kings.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then f...
Show MoreIt infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political b...
Show MoreTrees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friend...
Show MoreMan, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
I prefer an accommodation vice to an obstinate virtue.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to h...
Show MoreIf you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
The more we love our friends the less we flatter them it is by excusing nothing that pure love sho...
Show MoreA learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done s...
Show MoreOne should eat to live, not live to eat.
It is a public scandal that gives offence and it is no sin to sin in secret.
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
If you suppress grief too much it can well redouble.
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures but a compromise can usually be found.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
To find oneself jilted is a blow to one's pride. One must do one's best to forget it and if one does...
Show MoreThere are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
Love is often a fruit of marriage.
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
It is not alone what we do but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
Long is the road from conception to completion.
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility Young people hereabouts unbridled...
Show MoreIt is a long road from conception to completion.
Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
