black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

Moliere

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
MOLIERE

Heart Integrity Virtue
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
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.
MOLIERE

Cure Husband Woman
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Feed Goodness Language
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
There’s a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
MOLIERE

Complaint Death Decent Doctor Kill Remark
To live without loving is not really to live.
MOLIERE

Live Love Wasted
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MOLIERE

Fashion Passion People See Strange
Books and marriage go ill together.
MOLIERE

Book Marriage Sick
Ah, there are no longer any children!
MOLIERE

Children Growth One Liner
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.
MOLIERE

Evidence Malicious Mouth Poison
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
MOLIERE

Age Solitude Soul
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
MOLIERE

Grammar Hands Law Obedience
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
MOLIERE

People Praise Season Swallow
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart.
MOLIERE

Heart Himself Man People Sincere Talk Word
Don’t appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
MOLIERE

Appearance Humanity Prayer Talk Understand

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes