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To marry a fool is to be no fool.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
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Theatrical Director
Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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It is a folly second to none to try to improve the world.
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I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
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And knowing money is a root of evil, in Christian charity, he'd take away whatever things may hinder your salvation.
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Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
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