Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moli�re

France
15 Jan 1622 // 17 Feb 1673
Actor / Playwright

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All is wholesome in the absence of excess
A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool
A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood
We die only once, and for such a long time
That must be wonderful: I don't understand it at all
One should eat to live, not live to eat
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless
I live on good soup, not on fine words
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays