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“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.”

Molière book Tartuffe

Source: Tartuffe

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

Molière

“My lord Jupiter knows how to sugarcoat the pill.”

Molière

Le Seigneur Jupiter sait dorer la pilule.
Act III, sc. x
Amphitryon (1666)

“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 arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.”

Molière

“Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.”

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“The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them;
It is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.”

Molière The Misanthrope

Plus on aime quelqu'un, moins il faut qu'on le flatte:
À rien pardonner le pur amour éclate.
Act II, sc. iv
Le Misanthrope (1666)

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

Molière

“A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.”

Molière Les Femmes Savantes

Un sot savant est sot plus qu'un sot ignorant.
Act IV, sc. iii
Les Femmes Savantes (1672)

“Betrayed and wronged in everything,
I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,
And seek some spot unpeopled and apart
Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart.”

Molière The Misanthrope

Source: The Misanthrope

“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”

Molière The Misanthrope

C'est un merveilleux assaisonnement aux plaisirs qu'on goûte que la présence des gens qu'on aime.
Act V, sc. iv
Le Misanthrope (1666)

“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”

Molière

“My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.”

Molière The Misanthrope

Source: The Misanthrope

“We die only once, and for such a long time!”

Molière Lovers' quarrels

On ne meurt qu'une fois; et c'est pour si longtemps!
Le Dépit Amoureux (1656), Act V, sc. iii

“I have the defect of being more
sincere than persons wish.”

Molière The Misanthrope

Source: The Misanthrope

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”

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