Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
MOLIEREBetrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
More Moliere Quotes
-
-
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
MOLIERE -
The smallest errors are always the best.
MOLIERE -
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE -
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
MOLIERE -
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
MOLIERE -
With a smile we should instruct our youth.
MOLIERE -
We are easily duped by those we love.
MOLIERE -
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
MOLIERE -
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
MOLIERE -
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
MOLIERE -
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
MOLIERE -
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
MOLIERE -
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
MOLIERE -
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
MOLIERE -
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






