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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere (January 15, 1622 February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your comments or consult wikipedia
"The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it."
Moliere on Fate
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"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one."
Moliere on Fools and Foolishness
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"Grammar, which can govern even Kings."
Moliere on Grammar
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"Long is the road from conception to completion."
Moliere on Ideas
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"Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death."
Moliere on Knowledge
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"Oh how fine it is to know a thing or two!"
Moliere on Knowledge
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"We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after."
Moliere on Marriage
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"Love is often the fruit of marriage."
Moliere on Marriage
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"Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion."
Moliere on Nations
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"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
Moliere on Obstacles
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"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."
Moliere on Pleasure
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"There is no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket."
Moliere on Praise
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"Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place."
Moliere on Reform
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"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable."
Moliere on Responsibility
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"He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money."
Moliere on Riches
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"It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
Moliere on Scandal
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"Books and marriage go ill together."
Moliere on Books - Reading
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"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."
Moliere on Upper Class
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"I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others."
Moliere on Writers and Writing
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