Moliere quotes

“The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.”

— Moliere

“Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.”

— Moliere

“It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.”

— Moliere

“People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.”

— Moliere

“Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.”

— Moliere

“Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. ”

— Moliere

“Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.”

— Moliere

“Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.”

— Moliere

“It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.”

— Moliere

“Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.”

— Moliere

“True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.”

— Moliere

“It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.”

— Moliere

“Reason is not what decides love.”

— Moliere

“I have the knack of easing scruples.”

— Moliere

“To marry a fool is to be no fool.”

— Moliere