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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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
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How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son's offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.