Moliere Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.”

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

“There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.”

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

“Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.”

“All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.”

“There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.”

“Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.”

“No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.”

“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.”