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

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

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.
Moliere

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
Moliere

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.
Moliere

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
Moliere

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.
Moliere

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
Moliere

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
Moliere


Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Moliere

Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
Moliere

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
Moliere

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
Moliere

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
Moliere

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
Moliere

I have the knack of easing scruples.
Moliere

I live on good soup, not on fine words.
Moliere

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
Moliere

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
Moliere