Quotes from Moliere

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

Love is often a fruit of marriage.

Long is the road from conception to completion.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.

It is a public scandal that gives offence and it is no sin to sin in secret.

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

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

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

I prefer an accommodation vice to an obstinate virtue.

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

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

Reason is not what decides love.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.