Moliere
French playwright
Sayings by Moliere
It is a strange thing that a man should be so proud as to despise others for their poverty.
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
A husband is a man who, when he dies, leaves his wife a widow.
There is no limit to the absurdities a man will commit for the sake of his vanity.
The part of the lover is to give, and the part of the beloved is to receive.
A doctor's practice is a collection of errors.
It is a silly thing to try to be what you are not.
There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking a man's character for his reputation.
The world, sir, is a great book, of which we have only read a few pages.
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders, have happened only because of a simple lack of logic.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
A man's greatest pride is to be able to acknowledge his own mistakes.