Molière idézet

„A bölcs ember felülmúl minden sértegetést, amelyet rá vetnek, mert az illetlen viselkedésre a legjobb válasz a türelem és a mértékletesség.”

„Nem csak azért vagyunk felelősek, amit teszünk, hanem azért is, amit nem teszünk.”

„Minden élvezet csodálatos fokozása, ha azokra gondolunk, akiket szeretünk.”

„Túl őszinte vagyok? Ez a természetem:
Az van a nyelvemen, ami a szívemen.”

„Mind bolond az, aki szerelmes, mondhatom.”

„A tanult ostoba nagyobb ostoba, mint a tudatlan ostoba.”

„A rögtönzés a szellemi képesség próbaköve.”

„Késve növő fának édes a gyümölcse. Márványra nehezebb írni, mint homokra, de ott aztán meg is marad sokáig.”

„Ne ítéljen meg irgalmatlanul, mások bűne után! Illessen bármi váddal, Élise, csak avval ne, hogy megfeledkezem róla, mivel tartozom önnek: ehhez túlontúl szeretem és szeretni is fogom mindhalálig.”

„Ki hát a nagyobb bűnös, erre feleljen, az-e aki kölcsönképp is megszerzi a pénzt, ha szüksége van rá, vagy az, aki akkor is oroz, ha azt sem tudja, mihez kezdjen a lopott pénzzel?”

„Akkor nincs mit mondanom. Meg kell hajolni az érv súlya alatt, nincs mese.”

„Az ember csak beszél, de nem mindig cselekszik,
Gyakran hosszú az út a szándéktól a tettig.”

“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.”

“One must eat to live, and not live to eat.”

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

“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”

“You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.”

“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”

“I prefer an accommodating vice
To an obstinate virtue.”

“There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one in civilities”

“Malicious men may die, but malice never.”

“The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.”

“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him.”