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They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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
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