black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

Moliere

You are a fool in four letters, my son.
MOLIERE

Fool Son Yourself
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
MOLIERE

Right True Zeal
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
MOLIERE

God Greatness Man Terrible Wicket
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
MOLIERE

Greatness Rule Simplicity
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
MOLIERE

Honor Share
Frankly, it’s good enough to lock up in a drawer.
MOLIERE

Draw Enough Goodness
Music and dance are all you need.
MOLIERE

Dance Music Need
Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
MOLIERE

Greatness Life Love Man Weakness
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
MOLIERE

Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
MOLIERE

Death Leaving Myself See Yourself
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
MOLIERE

Himself Spiritual
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
MOLIERE

Fashion Hypocrisy Pass Vice Virtue
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MOLIERE

Myself Poet Trouble Writing
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved.
MOLIERE

Cruelty Doubt Mistake Passion Truth Worst
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
MOLIERE

Heart Honor Man Noble Wound
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Oneself

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes