Molière

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Biography

French playwright and actor

  • Primary profession
  • Writer·soundtrack·miscellaneous
  • Country
  • France
  • Nationality
  • French
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 15 January 1622
  • Place of birth
  • Paris
  • Death date
  • 1673-02-17
  • Death age
  • 51
  • Place of death
  • Paris
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Children
  • Esprit Madeleine Poquelin
  • Spouses
  • Armande Béjart
  • Education
  • Old University of Orléans·Lycée Louis-le-Grand
  • Knows language
  • French language

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Quotes

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.

We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show on all occasions the bottom of his heart in his discourse. Let that be the thing to speak, and never let our feelings be beneath vain compliments,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,You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are aware that this low-bred fellow, who deserves to be pilloried, has, by the dirtiest jobs, made his way in the world; and that the splendid position he has acquired makes merit repine and virtue blush. Yet whatever dishonourable epithets may be launched against him everywhere, nobody defends his wretched honour. Call him a rogue, an infamous wretch, a confounded scoundrel if you like, all the world will say “yea, ” and no one contradicts you. But for all that, his bowing and scraping are welcome everywhere; he is received, smiled upon, and wriggles himself into all kinds of society; and, if any appointment is to be secured by intriguing, he will carry the day over a man of the greatest worth. Zounds! these are mortal stabs to me, to see vice parleyed with; and sometimes times I feel suddenly inclined to fly into a wilderness far from the approach of men.

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?,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.

My hate is general, I detest all men;Some because they are wicked and do evil,Others because they tolerate the wicked,Refusing them the active vigorous scornWhich vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

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

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

Malicious men may die, but malice never.

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.

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.

I find that it is the best trade of all; for, whether we manage well or ill, we are paid just the same.

A shoemaker, in making a pair of shoes, cannot spoil a scrap of leather without having to bear the loss; but in our business we may spoil a man without its costing us a farthing. The blunders are never put down to us, and it is always the fault of the fellow who dies. The best of this profession is, that there is the greatest honesty and discretion among the dead; for you never find them complain of the physician who has killed them.

Long is the road from conception to completion.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.

If you suppress grief too much it can well redouble.

Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

It is a long road from conception to completion.

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

The more we love our friends the less we flatter them it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

The more we love our friends the less we flatter them it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

The more we love our friends the less we flatter them it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

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

Love is often a fruit of marriage.

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.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

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

I prefer an accommodation vice to an obstinate virtue.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

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

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

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

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

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

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

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

Love is often the fruit of marriage. .

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