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Gold makes the ugly beautiful.
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
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Theatrical Director
Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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All right-minded people adore it and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
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It is a folly second to none to try to improve the world.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
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I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
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Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.
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