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One can be well-bred and write bad poetry
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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Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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Age brings about everything but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
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All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.
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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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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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