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
men wicked aristocracy
What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.
men medicine disease
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
men comedy amusing
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
funny humorous men
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
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.
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.
sarcastic men made
He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
men nasty creatures
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.
doubt mental-health worst
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
men dancing can-do
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
helping-others men doe
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
heart men noble-man
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
honesty heart men
I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.
men he-man wit
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.