Moliere Quotes
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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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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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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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That must be fine, for I don't understand a word.
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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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Ah, there are no longer any children!
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He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
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It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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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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In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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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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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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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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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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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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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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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 ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.