black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Moliere

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
MOLIERE

Absence Partner Relationship
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
MOLIERE

Hate Man Mean Oneself Vicious
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
MOLIERE

Home Lover Stand
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
MOLIERE

Civilization Essence People Young
Assassination’s the fastest way.
MOLIERE

Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
MOLIERE

Fashion Passion People See Strange
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIERE

Body Cover Soul Wound
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
MOLIERE

Cook Food Himself World
A woman always has her revenge ready.
MOLIERE

Herself Revenge Woman
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
MOLIERE

Follow Lesson Peace Taste
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
MOLIERE

Annoy Change Husband Law Woman
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
MOLIERE

Devil Live People Poor World Writing
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE

Action Difference People Promise
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
MOLIERE

Children Time
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
MOLIERE

Accomplishment Projection Road

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes