Quotes from Moliere

Love is a canvas pattern furnished by Nature, and embroidered by imagination.

How easy love makes fools of us.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.

There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting

Books and marriage go ill together.

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.

If perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if people should try to spread evil reports about you, would you tamely submit to all this without flying into a rage?

Sur quelque préférence une estime se fonde, Et c'est n'estimer rien qu'estimer tout le monde.

The world will not alter for all your meddling.

Reason is not what decides love.

Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies.

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Ah! What a fine thing it is to know something!

Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then you do it for money.

The heart can do anything.

your humour, madam, Gives any and everyone too easy access Into your heart. You have too many lovers Besieging you—a thing I can't endure.

Que jamais par la force on n'entra dans un coeur, Et que toute âme est libre à nommer son vainqueur.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined

To marry a fool is to be no fool.