Quotes from Moliere

But when a girl has set one's heart on fire, What won't one do to gain the heart's desire

Let us not apply to ourselves the points of general censure; let us profit by the lesson, if possible, without assuming that we are spoken against.

Dor. So you think, Lysidas, that all the wit and beauty are to be found in serious poems, and that comic pieces are trifles which deserve no praise? Ur. I certainly do not think so. Tragedy no doubt is very fine when it is well written; but comedy has also its charms, and I believe that one is no less difficult than the other.

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

Ur. It is strange in you gentlemen poets that you always condemn the pieces which every one runs after, and speak well only of those which no one goes to see. You display an unconquerable hatred for the one, and an inconceivable tenderness for the others.

Se retrouver abandonné est un coup porté à votre orgueil. Faites de votre mieux pour l'oublier et si vous ne réussissez pas, faites au moins semblant.

It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.

The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.

Betrayed and wronged in everything, I'll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I'll be free to have an honest heart.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.

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.

You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.

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.

There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one in civilities

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

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

Tous les hommes sont semblables par les paroles,ce n'est que les actions qui les découvrent différents