Molière: Citations en anglais

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”

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

“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.”

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

“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.”

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

“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.”

“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.”