Molière Quotes

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

Amigo mío, no soy lo que parezco. Mi apariencia no es más que el traje que visto, un traje cuidadosamente tejido que me protege a mí de tu curiosidad, y a ti de mi negligencia. El yo que hay en mí, amigo mío, habita en la casa del silencio, y en ella vivirá para siempre inadvertido, inaccesible. No quisiera hacerte creer en lo que digo ni que confiaras en lo que hago, porque mis palabras no son sino tus propios pensamientos transformados en sonido; y mis acciones tus propias esperanzas convertidas en acción. Cuando tú dices “El viento sopla hacia el Este” yo digo “Sí, sopla hacia el Este”; porque no quisiera hacerte saber que mi mente no medita sobre el viento, sino sobre el mar. Tú no puedes comprender mis pensamientos marinos, ni yo quisiera hacértelos entender a ti. Preferiría estar solo con el mar.

But when a girl has set one's heart on fire,
What won't one do to gain the heart's desire

The honour of gainsaying has so many charms for him, that he very often takes up the cudgels against himself; he combats his own sentiments as soon as he hears them from other folks’ lips.

C'est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours L'art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours.

Pour être dévot, je n'en suis pas moins homme.

We'll let time knit these gentle ties between us.

Se retrouver abandonné est un coup porté à votre orgueil. Faites de votre mieux pour l'oublier et si vous ne réussissez pas, faites au moins semblant.

ORGON. Brother, your language smacks of atheism; And I suspect your soul's a little tainted Therewith. I've preached to you a score of times That you'll draw down some judgment on your head.

Que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère?

Tous les discours n'avancent point les choses; il faut faire et non dire, et les effets décident mieux que les paroles.

Каква е ползата такъв да ви ласкае,
готов главата ви с похвали да замае,
да ви изкара най-способен, най-велик,
щом прави същото и с първия мръсник?

Ah! What a fine thing it is to know something!

Aris. Certainly, your prudence is excessively rare. Are you not ashamed of your want of firmness? and is it possible for a man to be so weak as to leave his wife absolute power, and not dare to attack what she has resolved upon? Ch. Good Heavens! brother, you speak very easily of it, but you do not know how noise troubles me. I am very fond of rest, peace, and tranquillity, and my wife is terrible in her tempers.

Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.