I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. Moliere More Quotes by Moliere More Quotes From Moliere If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Moliere would-beheartintegrity Deference and intimacy live far apart. Moliere deferencewooingintimacy To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests. Moliere womenheartbelieve If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen. Moliere queenswinekings We die only once, and for such a long time. Moliere timelongdeath There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. Moliere passionliteraturesmoking unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs. Moliere unbrokenshould-havehappiness There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing. Moliere dancingmen With a smile we should instruct our youth. Moliere youthshouldthinking Things are only worth what you make them worth. Moliere perspective And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says. Moliere armsspirituallooks Man's greatest weakness is his love for life. Moliere his-lovelove-lifemen 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. - Molière, The Misanthrope Moliere viceskingsheart The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair. Moliere affairstrangeworld The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment. Moliere projectionaccomplishmentlong Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired. Moliere donereadingbook How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son's offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance! Moliere repentancefatherson People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. Moliere mindmeanpeople Perfect reason avoids all extremes. Moliere extremesreasonperfect I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores. Moliere virtuevicesinteresting
