Moliere Quotes
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Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
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New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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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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A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.
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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.