Words matter. These are the best Moliere Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
Books and marriage go ill together.
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
People don’t mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
I have the knack of easing scruples.
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
Reason is not what decides love.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
