Molière
A French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.
Quotes by Molière
The greatest of all errors is to believe that one has none.
It is not enough to be happy, one must also be seen to be happy.
Love is a game in which one must be a good player.
The more one speaks, the less one thinks.
It is better to be a good man than a great one.
The greatest of all gifts is the gift of laughter.
To be a good mother, one must be a good woman.
The greatest pleasure is to be loved for oneself.
The greatest of all dangers is to fear nothing.
It is not enough to be wise, one must also be prudent.
Love is a tyrant that spares no one.
Writing is like prostitution: first you do it for love, then for a few pretty coins.
A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like a pig.
People of our sort are not accustomed to endure the floods of sensibility.
One should eat to live, and not live to eat.
The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon who gives dinners.
Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
Love is a great beautifier.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.