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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Satirist
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Theatrical Director
Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
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The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Music and dance are all you need.
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You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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