Moliere

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

— Moliere

All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.

— Moliere

I have the knack of easing scruples.

— Moliere

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

— Moliere

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

— Moliere

“On mange pour vivre; on ne vit pas pour manger.”

— Molière

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

— Moliere

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.

— Moliere

Age will bring all things, and everyone knows, Madame, that twenty is no age to be a prude.

— Moliere

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

— Moliere

No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.

— Moliere

Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.

— Moliere

The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.

— Moliere

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

— Moliere

The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.

— Moliere

You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.

— Moliere

“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his…

— Molière

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible,…

— 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…

— Moliere

“Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then…

— Molière

I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And…

— Moliere

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

— Moliere

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

— Moliere

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let…

— Moliere

We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves.…

— Moliere

“That any gentleman should always keep In stern control this writing itch we’re seized with; That he must hold in check the…

— Molière

“My claims were justified in all men's sight; I put my trust in equity and right; Yet, to my horror and the…

— Molière

“I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but…

— Molière

What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as…

— Moliere

The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your…

— Moliere

“We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show…

— Moliere

“If the king had given me for my own Paris, his citadel, And I for that must leave alone Her whom I…

— Molière

“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and…

— Molière

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

— Moliere

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

— Moliere

“The heart can do anything.”

— Molière

It is a long road from conception to completion.

— Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

— Moliere

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

— Moliere

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

— Moliere