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
powerful doctors medicine
The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.
errors smallest
The smallest errors are always the best.
society too-much needs
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
two giving secret
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
marriage two wife
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
giving birth virtue
Birth is nothing where virtue is not
salvation solace
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
passion literature matter
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
respect preference esteem
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
passion men smoking
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
revenge ready
A woman always has her revenge ready.
revenge best-revenge
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
crafts lines firsts
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
fool
To marry a fool is to be no fool.