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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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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Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]
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