Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière

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Biography : French playwright and actor.
Born: 1622 - Died: 1673
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - Quotes

One should eat to live, and not live to eat.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Miser /

With a smile we should instruct our youth.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The School for Husbands /

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The School for Wives /

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

To live without loving is not really to live.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - La Princesse d'Élide /

To live without loving is not really to live.

The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Misanthrope /

philosophy

I don't know whether it can be or not; but I know well enough that so it is.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - L'Amour médecin /

All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - Le Bourgeois gentilhomme /

prose

The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The School for Wives /

world

Good heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - Le Bourgeois gentilhomme /

prose

On some preference esteem is based;
To esteem everything is to esteem nothing.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Misanthrope /

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Imaginary Invalid /

tree

If we are too wise, we may be equally to blame.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Misanthrope /

wisdom