I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn’t speak a single word that doesn’t come straight from his heart. MOLIERE HeartHimselfManPeopleSincereTalkWord
There’s nothing people can’t contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations. MOLIERE AgePeoplePraise
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it. MOLIERE GoodnessHeavenKnownMyselfTalk
There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn’t lasting. MOLIERE CharmExpressionFactLying
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. MOLIERE ActionResponsibilitySilence
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says. MOLIERE HimselfSpiritual
Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play. MOLIERE MindsetNeedPlayWork
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 ActBestBlowForgetPrideSuccess
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you! MOLIERE DesireEmbraceMercyPeopleSatisfaction
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense. MOLIERE LearningNonsense
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 BookExpireFameFamousNeedReadingVirtueWorth
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. MOLIERE ActCharityGoodnessHimselfManTrueWealth
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors. MOLIERE AttackNeighborRoom
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them. MOLIERE HarmOurselvesReactionUltimate
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all. MOLIERE OffendPublicScandalSecretSin
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married. MOLIERE AncestorFatherMarriageMyself
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment. MOLIERE AccomplishmentProjectionRoad
