Moliere Quotes
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
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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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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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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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I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
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In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
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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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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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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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To live without loving is not really to live.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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The smallest errors are always the best.
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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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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.