Moliere
French playwright
Sayings by Moliere
It is a great folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss.
The greatest of fools is he who thinks he is not one.
It is a good thing to be learned, but it is better to be a good man.
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
To live without loving is not really to live.
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange place, and full of strange people.
Of all the follies there is none greater than to be a learned fool.
One ought to examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.
A learned fool is more foolish than an unlearned fool.
To be a good man, one must be a good citizen.
We are easily duped by what we love.
He who is born a fool is never cured.
It is a sign of a great mind to be able to make fun of itself.
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
The duty of comedy is to correct men's vices.
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues.
Man, I believe, is a creature that can get accustomed to anything.
The more you are in love with a woman, the more you are blind to her faults.
The greatest proof of love is trust.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.