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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
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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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
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I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
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Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
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