All Moliere Quotes
- Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. Act
- I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper. Fault
- A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. Alaska
- If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Clothed
- He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. Bunch
- If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. Courage
- It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. All
- Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. Direct
- Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. Esteem
- All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose. All
- Books and marriage go ill together. Book
- I live on good soup, not on fine words. Fine
- It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh. Enterprise
- Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two. Fine
- There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. Decent
- As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt. Anyone
- Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. Capacity
- I feed on good soup, not beautiful language. Beautiful
- I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. All
- If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. Always Speaking
- It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. Compromise
- Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. All
- Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive. All
- Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same. All
- Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty. Scary