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
thinking joy fine
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
thinking looks deals
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.
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Reason is not what decides love.
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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
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Better to be married than dead!
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Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.