Moliere Quotes

Moliere
French Playwright
Born: Jan 15, 1622
Died: Feb 17, 1673
Every Good Love Make Nothing You
Related authors: Arthur Miller Graham Greene James M. Barrie Lynn Nottage Noel Coward Plautus Samuel Beckett W. Somerset Maugham
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Moliere
Wisdom Best Patience Wise Man Wise Man Behavior Superior Put Him Insults Reply Moderation Any Which
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. Moliere
Responsible Only Also Held
One should eat to live, not live to eat. Moliere
Live Eat Should
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings. Moliere
Control Kings Knows How Grammar Which Even
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. Moliere
Love You Writing Money First Few Like Friends Close Close Friends Then
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. Moliere
Love Pure Nothing Our Pure Love More Friends Itself Flatter Them Less Shows
We die only once, and for such a long time. Moliere
Death Time Long Long Time Once Only Die Such A Long Time
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others. Moliere
Good Before Thinking Others Ought Oneself Look Deal Condemning Good Deal
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. Moliere
Great History Political Books Dancing Great Leaders Misfortunes Arisen Leaders Merely Failures Tragic History Books Lack Blunders Mankind Skill Fill Ills
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. Moliere
Good Man Charity World Wealth Every He True Fellows Does His Act Hereafter
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. Moliere
Fool More Learned Than Ignorant
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. Moliere
Me Wrong Know Right
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. Moliere
Pleasant Virtue Annoying Vice Prefer
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. Moliere
Haste Direct Unreasonable Road Error
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. Moliere
Every Unlimited Indulge Occasion Frenchmen Capacity
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty. Moliere
Soul Solitude Twenty
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything. Moliere
Quality People Everything Having Know Learned Without Anything Ever
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Moliere
Integrity Heart Every Other Everyone Virtues Frank Would Would-Be Kindly Were Just Clothed Useless Every Heart
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety. Moliere
Wise Extremity Perfect Leads Sobriety Reason
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. Moliere
Dog Pet Lover Tries House Well Stand
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. Moliere
Negotiate Pleasures Compromise Generally True Heaven Certain
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language. Moliere
Beautiful Good Language Feed Soup
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. Moliere
Courage Pretenders Piety Well
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts. Moliere
Change Woman Law Husbands Allow Annoying Does How Shirts Just
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper. Moliere
Fault Proper More Sincere Than Being Little
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two. Moliere
Fine Know How Oh Thing Two
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