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
long conception completion
Long is the road from conception to completion.
fine-words alive good-food
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
long persevere conception
It is a long road from conception to completion.
heaven literature compromise
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
best-love love-is criticism
The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.
mean aristocracy birth
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
long accomplishment projection
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
two giving secret
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
littles faults literature
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
love heart other-worlds
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
love desire seduction
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
love long may
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
people trying sides
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
long judgement looks
We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others.