Quotes By Moliere

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

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

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

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

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

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

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

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

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

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

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.

I live on good soup, not on fine words.

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

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

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

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

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

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

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