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I live on good soup, not on fine words.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
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France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
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