Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, more famous as Molière (15 January 1622 – 17 February 1673) was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire.
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Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Moliere
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Jean-Baptiste Molière
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Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
No, no, I will have none of your lofty minds. A woman who writes knows more than she ought to do. I intend that my wife shall not even be clever enough to know what a rhyme is. If one plays at corbillon with her, and asks her in her turn “What is put into the basket, “ I will have her answer, “A cream tart. “ In a word, let her be very ignorant; and to tell you the plain truth, it is enough for her that she can say her prayers, love me, saw and spin. Chrysalde. A stupid wife, then, is your fancy?
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A lover pays his court where his heart has taken root; he aims at gaining every one’s favour in that spot; and so as to have no one opposed to his flame, he endeavours to please the very house-dog.
