Molière
French playwright
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Do not appear so scholarly, I pray you. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. Do you think a Greek name gives more weight to your reasons?
—Moliere, French playwright, The Critique of the School for Wives, 1663
Posted on April 8, 2004 at 6:47 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue.
—Moliere, French playwright, Le Misanthrope, 1666
Posted on June 4, 2002 at 6:55 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.
—Moliere, French playwright, Les Précieuses Ridicules
Posted on June 7, 2001 at 7:18 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Books and marriage go ill together.
—Moliere, French playwright, Les Femmes Savantes
Posted on August 22, 2001 at 6:03 PM
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