Molière: Quotes about love

Molière was French playwright and actor. Explore interesting quotes on love.

Molière: 144 quotes20 likes

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

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)

“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)

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

Molière

“Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.”

Molière The Misanthrope

Source: The Misanthrope

“Ah, it's a lovely thing to know a thing or two.”

Molière

Ah, la belle chose que de savoir quelque chose. <br class="br"> Act II, sc. iv. http://books.google.com/books?id=GxlAFXHk4NcC&q=%22ah+la+belle+chose+que+de+savoir+quelque+chose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage <br class="br">Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)