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
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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How easy love makes fools of us.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
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It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
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How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
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Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.