Moderation Quotes by Moliere

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

— Moliere

Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.

— Moliere

Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.

— Moliere

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

— Moliere

Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.

— Moliere

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.

— Moliere

The beautiful eyes of my cash-box.

— Moliere

He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

— 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!

— 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…

— Moliere

In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.

— 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…

— Moliere