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
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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.
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Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
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People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
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According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
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Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
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We die only once, and for such a long time.
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One should eat to live, not live to eat.