Moliere Quotes

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

– Moliere

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

– 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

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

– Moliere

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

– Moliere

I have the knack of easing scruples.

– Moliere

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

– Moliere

If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.

– Moliere

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

– Moliere

Reason is not what decides love.

– 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

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

– 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

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

– Moliere

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

– Moliere

Books and marriage go ill together.

– Moliere

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

– Moliere

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

– Moliere

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

– Moliere

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

– Moliere

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

– Moliere

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

– Moliere

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

– Moliere

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