--- title: "11 Long Quotes By Moliere" description: "11 Long quotes by Moliere. Plus more from Moliere and more Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/moliere-965_death_we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-tim_1602572.png" --- > [We die only once, and for such a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-time/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/moliere-965_death_we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-tim_1602572.png) > [The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/the-road-is-a-long-one-from-the-projection-of-a-thing-to-its/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/moliere-965_accomplishment_the-road-is-a-long-one-from-the-projecti_1484812.png) > [It is a long road from conception to completion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/it-is-a-long-road-from-conception-to-completion/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/moliere-965_completion_it-is-a-long-road-from-conception-to-com_1894244.png) > [The road is long fro the project to its completion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/the-road-is-long-fro-the-project-to-its-completion/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/moliere-965_completion_the-road-is-long-fro-the-project-to-its_2602846.png) > [You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/you-only-die-once-but-you-will-be-dead-for-a-very-long-time/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/moliere-965_dead_you-only-die-once-but-you-will-be-dead-f_328291.png) > [Long is the road from conception to completion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/long-is-the-road-from-conception-to-completion/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/moliere-965_completion_long-is-the-road-from-conception-to-comp_2278772.png) > [The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/the-absence-of-the-beloved-short-though-it-may-last-always-lasts-too/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/moliere-965_absence_the-absence-of-the-beloved-short-though_2452742.png) > [We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/we-should-look-long-and-carefully-at-ourselves-before-we-pass/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/moliere-965_judgement_we-should-look-long-and-carefully-at-our_2061296.png) > [Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/show-some-mercy-to-this-chair-which-has-stretched-out-its-arms-to-you/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/moliere-965_arms_show-some-mercy-to-this-chair-which-has_47985.png) > [Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/then-worms-shall-try-that-long-preserved-virginity-and-your-quaint/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/moliere-965_ashes_then-worms-shall-try-that-long-preserved_1489570.png) > [The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/the-general-public-is-easy-you-don-t-have-to-answer-to-anyone-and-as/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/moliere-965_answers_the-general-public-is-easy-you-don-t-hav_1597671.png) ## Other authors on Long ## More by Moliere > [I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/i-might-by-chance-write-something-just-as-shoddy-but-then-i-wouldn-t/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/tobacco-is-the-passion-of-honest-men-and-he-who-lives-without-tobacco/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/cover-that-bosom-that-i-must-not-see-souls-are-wounded-by-such-things/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/outside-of-paris-there-is-no-hope-for-the-cultured/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/even-rome-cannot-grant-us-a-dispensation-from-death/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/anyone-may-be-an-honorable-man-and-yet-write-verse-badly/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [The beautiful eyes of my cash-box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/the-beautiful-eyes-of-my-cash-box/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/he-makes-his-cook-his-merit-and-the-world-visits-his-dinners-and-not/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/show-some-mercy-to-this-chair-which-has-stretched-out-its-arms-to-you/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/in-order-to-prove-a-friend-to-one-s-guests-frugality-must-reign-in/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/in-society-one-needs-a-flexible-virtue-too-much-goodness-can-be/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/some-of-the-most-famous-books-are-the-least-worth-reading-their-fame/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Assassination's the fastest way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/assassination-s-the-fastest-way/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/nothing-can-be-fairer-or-more-noble-than-the-holy-fervor-of-true-zeal/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) > [Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/words-and-deeds-are-far-from-being-one-much-that-is-talked-about-is/) [Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/moliere/#itemlist", "name": "11 Long Quotes By Moliere", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We die only once, and for such a long time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Moliere" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/moliere-965_death_we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-tim_1602572.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/moliere-965_death_we-die-only-once-and-for-such-a-long-tim_1602572.png", "url": 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