I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones. — Molière Copy Share Image
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to… — Moliere Copy Share Image
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue. — Moliere Copy Share Image
“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and… — Molière Copy Share Image
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt. — Moliere Copy Share Image
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living. — Moliere Copy Share Image
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him. — Moliere Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable. — Moliere Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image