black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

Moliere

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
MOLIERE

Age Madam Time
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
MOLIERE

Believe Mathematics
Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.
MOLIERE

Body Cover Soul Wound
People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
MOLIERE

Action Difference People Promise
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
MOLIERE

Finding Heaven Pleasure True
It’s an odd job, making decent people laugh.
MOLIERE

Job Laughter People
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
MOLIERE

Future Live People Wasted Time Worry
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
MOLIERE

Conquer Gold Love War
Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
MOLIERE

Greatness Rule Simplicity
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
MOLIERE

Action Heart Ourselves Secret
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
MOLIERE

Easy Fools Love Oneself
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
MOLIERE

Attention Best Innocence Live Pay Safety Talk Way World
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
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
MOLIERE

Dinner Food Genuine
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
MOLIERE

Acceptance Crowd Fools Reason Right Stubborn Way
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
MOLIERE

Appearance Attack Effect Laughter People Vice Way

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Everyone has a right to his own course of action.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Moliere Quotes