Moliere
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best known works are The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid, and The Bourgeois Gentleman...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth15 January 1622
CountryFrance
secret scandal sin
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all.
teaching names youth
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.
essence people want
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
essence people want
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
innocence accustomed
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
literature prose verses
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
way assassination
Assassination's the fastest way.
heart secret our-actions
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
wise fashion men
We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion.
protection slander
There is no protection against slander.
purpose speech diction
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.
firsts titles virtue
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
intimacy deference wooing
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
noble holy zeal
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.