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 honor maids
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
long projects completion
The road is long fro the project to its completion.
envy envious dies
The envious will die, but envy never.
marriage two wife
Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
enlightenment blind reason
They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
art eye justice
We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can't deceive.
honor jupiter adultery
Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
names giving hypocrisy
What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?
eight eating enough
When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.
men clothes giving
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
money people consideration
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
marriage husband being-the-best
A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.
marriage wife guarantees
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.
indulge-in literature gallantry
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.