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Famous Moliere Quotes
“The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.”
“A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.”
“Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.”
“All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.”
“The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.”
“Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]”
“The envious will die, but envy never. [Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]”
“Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.”
“A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.”
“Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.”
“The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.”
“There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.”
“When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.”
“Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.”
“[Dom Juan] believes neither in Heaven, nor the saints, nor God, nor the Werewolf.”
“Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.”
“What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.”