Molière

Literature French 1622 – 1673 102 quotes

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.

Tartuffe 1664

It is not enough to be happy, one must also be seen to be happy.

L'Avare 1668

Love is a game in which one must be a good player.

Dom Juan 1665

The more one speaks, the less one thinks.

Les Femmes savantes 1672

It is better to be a good man than a great one.

Le Médecin malgré lui 1666

The greatest of all gifts is the gift of laughter.

Le Misanthrope 1666

To be a good mother, one must be a good woman.

L'École des femmes 1662

The greatest pleasure is to be loved for oneself.

George Dandin 1668

The greatest of all dangers is to fear nothing.

Tartuffe 1664

It is not enough to be wise, one must also be prudent.

L'Avare 1668

Love is a tyrant that spares no one.

Dom Juan 1665

Writing is like prostitution: first you do it for love, then for a few pretty coins.

Attributed saying 1666

A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like a pig.

Famous aphorism

People of our sort are not accustomed to endure the floods of sensibility.

The Misanthrope 1666

One should eat to live, and not live to eat.

The Miser 1668

The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon who gives dinners.

Amphitryon 1668

Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.

Tartuffe 1664

We die only once, and for such a long time.

The Would-Be Gentleman 1670

Love is a great beautifier.

The School for Wives 1662

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Attributed aphorism