black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

Moliere

They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
MOLIERE

Blind Clear Liberty Sight
I will maintain it before the whole world.
MOLIERE

Maintain Myself World
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
MOLIERE

Learning Nonsense
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
MOLIERE

Fruit Growth Slow Tree
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
MOLIERE

Expensive Instrument Man Music Noise Opera
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
MOLIERE

Love Maturity Money Process Writing
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
MOLIERE

Karma Secret
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
MOLIERE

Easy Humour Moral
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
MOLIERE

Government Grammar King
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
MOLIERE

Man Precise Smart
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
MOLIERE

Improvement Mistake Try World
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
MOLIERE

Advantage Advice Annoy Art Greatness Yourself
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to.
MOLIERE

Act Best Blow Forget Pride Success
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
MOLIERE

Esteem Hold Preference
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
MOLIERE

Fashion Hypocrisy Pass Vice Virtue
There’s nothing quite like tobacco: it’s the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn’t deserve to live.
MOLIERE

Deserve Drugs Live Passion Quite

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes