Molière

Since more convincing proof is still demanded, I must make up my mind to humour people. If my consent give reason for offence, So much the worse for him who forced me to it;

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

Ur. It is strange in you gentlemen poets that you always condemn the pieces which every one runs after, and speak well only of those which no one goes to see. You display an unconquerable hatred for the one, and an inconceivable tenderness for the others.

Its as if you think you'd never find
Reason and the Sacred intertwined

My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.

Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.

Bah!, non andiamo a pensare a quel che può capitarci e pensiamo soltanto a quel che può darci piacere.

Le scandale du monde est ce qui fait l'offense, Et ce n'est pas pécher que pécher en silence.

To give good colour to his acts against you;

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

Je veux qu'on soit sincère, et qu'en homme d'honneur, On ne lâche aucun mot qui ne parte du coeur.

CLEANTE. Spoke like a true young man. Now just calm down, And moderate your towering tantrums, will you? We live in such an age, with such a king, That violence can not advance our cause.

We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show on all occasions the bottom of his heart in his discourse. Let that be the thing to speak, and never let our feelings be beneath vain compliments

...човекът, дявол да го вземе, си остава
ужасен - все ламти за почести и слава!
На тях е подчинил живота си и днес,
и те са и закон, и доблест тук, и чест!

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.