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
wit touchstones
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
literature theater please
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
criticism locks misanthropy
Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.
love-life men his-love
Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.
men matrimony repent
Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
book greek pages
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
haste may ends
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
errors haste
Too great haste leads us to error.
air giving gold
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.
errors smallest
The smallest errors are always the best.
couple perfect sobriety
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
essence people want
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
men purpose literature
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
people age praise
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.