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
best-love love-is criticism
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
vices birth virtue
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.
deeds undone left
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
wicked scandal privacy
To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.
fine-words alive good-food
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
scary solitude soul
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
reform literature world
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
love-life men his-love
Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.
envy envious dies
The envious will die, but envy never.
innocence accustomed
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
noble holy zeal
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
profound literature lessons
He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
errors haste
Too great haste leads us to error.
envy envious dies
The envious will die, but envy never. [Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]