What are some Molière quotes?
Molière quotes Showing 1-30 of 156 “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ? “It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.” ? “The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.” ? “Writing is like prostitution.
Was Molière a classical author?
During the short span of Molière’s productive years, he was not at all a classical author, with leisure to plan and write as he would. Competition, the fight for existence, was the keynote of Molière’s whole career.
What is the play by Moliere about?
Play by Moliere, Act II, sc. ii, 1664. We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others. It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. "The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover". Comedy by Moliere, 1666.
What did Molière do for a living?
At age 21, Molière decided to pursue a stage career and he did so at the highest level. He was adored by the court and his audience, but his sense of humor also received strong criticism from the Church and moralists, as in one of his plays – Tartuffe ou l’Imposteur – he seriously mocked religious hypocrisy.
TARTUFFE: A QUESTION OF HONNÊTE BEHAVIOR