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
crazy mad stupidity
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
cities paris culture
Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.
beautiful gold ugly
Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
philosophical matter way
No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.
wise fashion men
We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion.
christian money roots
And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he'd take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
people stupidity praise
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
few-friends firsts becoming
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.
fashion passion people
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
hate mean men
I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
love funny marriage
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
trying earth world
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
book reading done
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
hypocrite hypocrisy giving
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.