Moliere

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

— Moliere

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

— Moliere

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

— Moliere

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.

— Moliere

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

— Moliere

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

— Moliere

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

— Moliere

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

— Moliere

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

— Moliere

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

— Moliere

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

— Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

— Moliere

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

— Moliere

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

— Moliere

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

— Moliere

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

— Moliere

We die only once, and for such a long time.

— Moliere

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

— Moliere

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

— Moliere

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

— Moliere

People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

— Moliere

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

— Moliere

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

— Moliere

I live on good soup, not on fine words.

— Moliere

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

— Moliere

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

— Moliere

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

— Moliere

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.

— Moliere

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

— Moliere

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.

— Moliere

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

— Moliere

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

— Moliere

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

— Moliere

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

— Moliere

Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

— Moliere

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

— Moliere

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.

— Moliere

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

— Moliere

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

— Moliere

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

— Moliere

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

— Moliere

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

— Moliere

Reason is not what decides love.

— Moliere

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

— Moliere

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

— Moliere

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

— Moliere

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

— Moliere

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

— Moliere

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

— Moliere

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

— Moliere

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

— Moliere

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

— Moliere

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

— Moliere

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

— Moliere

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

— Moliere

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

— Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

— Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

— Moliere

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.

— Moliere

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

— Moliere

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

— Moliere

I have the knack of easing scruples.

— Moliere

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

— Moliere

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

— Moliere

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

— Moliere

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.

— Moliere

Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.

— Moliere

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.

— Moliere