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Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
Moliere
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Moliere
Age: 50 †
Born: 1622
Born: October 15
Died: 1673
Died: February 16
Dramaturge
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Paris
France
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
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You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Two wives? That exceeds the custom.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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We are easily duped by those we love.
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Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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