Molière1622–1673- Les Femmes Savantes (1672), Act IV, sc. iii
Those whose conduct gives room for talk
Are always the first to attack their neighbors.Tartuffe (1664)All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670), Act II, sc. iv- Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act III, Scene II, spoken by TartuffeIn context
- Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act III, Scene III, spoken by TartuffeIn context
Heaven forbids, ’tis true, some satisfactions;
But we find means to make things right with Heaven.Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by TartuffeIn contextThe public scandal is what brings offence,
And secret sinning is not sin at all.Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by TartuffeIn context- Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act I, Scene I, spoken by CleanteIn context
Those whose own conduct’s most ridiculous,
Are always quickest to speak ill of others;Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act I, Scene I, spoken by DorineIn context- Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act I, Scene VI, spoken by CleanteIn context
- Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act I, Scene VI, spoken by CleanteIn context
