black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Moliere

We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.
MOLIERE

Enemy Heart Imposter Live
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
MOLIERE

Attack Neighbor Room
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
MOLIERE

Death Infidelity Malicious Man
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
MOLIERE

Purpose Serve Understand
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
MOLIERE

Action Heart Ourselves Secret
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIERE

Body Cover Soul Wound
How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son’s offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
MOLIERE

Easy Father Regret Son Vanish
Ah, there are no children nowadays.
MOLIERE

Children Time
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
MOLIERE

Offend Silence Sin World
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
MOLIERE

Criticism Love Proof True
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue’s name.
MOLIERE

Blame Maintain Name Smile Truth Virtue
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
MOLIERE

Affair Charm Gold Misery
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

Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
MOLIERE

Manage Talk Understand
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
MOLIERE

Assurance Creature Weird Yourself
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
MOLIERE

Bad Honor Man Poet Writing

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes