Ah that I-- You would have it so, you would have it so; George Dandin, you would have it so! This suits you very nicely, and you are served right; you have precisely what you deserve. George Dandin. Act i. Sc. 19.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous for its prey. Philinte, in Le Misanthrope, act 1, sc. 1.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
Tell me to whom you are addressing yourself when you say that. I am addressing myself--I am addressing myself to my cap. L'Avare. Act i. Sc. 3.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière