Molière Quotes

I always do the first line well, but I have trouble with the others.

Aspire to the knowledge which is in the family, and feel the sweet charms which the love of study instils into peoples hearts. Far from being a submissive slave to the laws of men, wed yourself to Philosophy, sister, which elevates us above the whole human race, and invests reason with sovereign sway, subjecting to her laws the animal part, of which the gross appetite places us on a level with brutes.

An easygoing vice, I hold,
Is better than an angry virtue.

"He always wanted to return a part. "It is too much," he'd say, "too much by half; I am not worthy of your pity." Then, When I refused to take it back, he'd go, Before my eyes, and give it to the poor."

Die Dinge haben nur den Wert, den man ihnen verleiht.

...y, por dejarlo claro, el amigo del género humano, no lo es mío.

"L'amour est un grand maître

"Il le faut avouer, l'amour est un grand maître
Ce qu'on ne sut jamais il nous enseigne à l'être ;
Et souvent de nos moeurs l'absolu changement
Devient, par ses leçons, l'ouvrage d'un moment ;
De la nature, en nous, il force les obstacles,
Et ses effets soudains ont de l'air des miracles ;
D'un avare à l'instant il fait un libéral,
Un vaillant d'un poltron, un civil d'un brutal ;
Il rend agile à tout l'âme la plus pesante,
Et donne de l'esprit à la plus innocente."
L'Ecole des femmes, III, 4 (v. 900-909)"

Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause?
Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?

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.

[J]e veux que tu me dises à qui lu parles quand lu dis cela. Je parle... je parle à mon bonnet.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

You are the sole expounder of the doctrine; Wisdom shall die with you, no doubt, good brother, You are the only wise, the sole enlightened,

Trahi de toutes parts, accablé d'injustices, Je vais sortir d'un gouffre où triomphent les vices ; Et chercher sur la terre un endroit écarté Où d'être homme d'honneur, on ait la liberté.

Trissottani: ma lo scemo ignorante è uno scemo più puro.
Clitandro: lo scemo intellettuale è uno scemo due volte.

I have the defect of being more
sincere than persons wish.