Moliere Quotes
A French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.
(1622 - 1673)
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A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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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.
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Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
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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.
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All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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Books and marriage go ill together.
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Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Everyone has a right to his own course of action.
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Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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I have the knack of easing scruples.
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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