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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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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.
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