Moliere Quotes
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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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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.
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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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Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
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Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
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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 we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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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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Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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At least it's better to be married than to be dead.
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To marry a fool is to be no fool.
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In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
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Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
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We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.
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You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.