The Misanthrope / Tartuffe Quotes

“Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his own ideal.”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“Here in the world, each human frailty Provides occasion for philosophy, And that is virtue's noblest exercise;”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“I am, I fear, Inclined to be unfashionably sincere.   ORONTE”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“My claims were justified in all men's sight; I put my trust in equity and right; Yet, to my horror and the world's disgrace, Justice is mocked, and I have lost my case! A scoundrel whose dishonesty is notorious Emerges from another lie victorious!”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“That virtue in this world is hated ever; Malicious men may die, but malice never.     ORGON”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“All right, then: I'm deluded and I'm blind.   CLITANDRE”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

“If the King had given me for my own Paris, his citadel, And I for that must leave alone Her whom I love so well, I'd say then to the Crown, Take back your glittering town; My darling is more fair, I swear, My darling is more fair.   The”
― Molière, The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe