Moliere

Playwright, Actor

Moliere was a 17th-century French playwright known for his sharp wit and keen observations of human nature, particularly in works like 'Tartuffe'.

Born
January 15, 1622
Died
February 17, 1673
Quotes
250
Rank
#149

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"Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death."

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"Ah, there are no longer any children!"

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"Ah! devout though I may be, I am no less a man!"

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"The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today."

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"Ah, there are no children nowadays."

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"Everything that's prose isn't verse and everything that isn't verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!"

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"My heavens! I've been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it."

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"He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him."

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