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According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
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Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
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It is the public scandal that offends to sin in secret is no sin at all.
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