I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
MoliereRead
How easy love makes fools of us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love can lead us to make irrational decisions or act foolishly.
This quote by Moliere highlights the irrationality that often accompanies love, suggesting that love can cloud judgment and lead individuals to behave in ways that they wouldn't otherwise consider. It points to the transformative power of love, which can inspire both joy and folly, illustrating the complexities and paradoxes inherent in romantic relationships.
Themes
LoveFoolsIrrationalityRelationshipsJudgment
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about the irrational things people do when they fall in love.
More from Moliere
All quotes →Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MoliereRead
Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
MoliereRead
Long is the road from conception to completion.
MoliereRead
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
MoliereRead
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
MoliereRead
Similar quotes
In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.
Henri NouwenRead
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Khalil GibranRead
who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape? The words compelle intrare, compel them to come in, have been so abused by wicked men that we shudder at them; but, properly understood, they plumb the depth of the Divine mercy. The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of man, and His compulsion is our liberation.
C. S. LewisRead
Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.
Anatole FranceRead
My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
Leonard CohenRead
No one loves the man whom he fears.
AristotleRead