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
children
Ah, there are no longer any children!
fool
To marry a fool is to be no fool.
men medicine disease
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
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My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
deeds undone left
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
inspirational pride blow
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
heaven literature compromise
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
life powerful humans
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
thinking sacred reason
Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined
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All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
heartbreak deceit one-love
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.