Ch. What does it matter that she fails in the laws of Vauge… - Molière

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Ch. What does it matter that she fails in the laws of Vaugelas, provided she does not fail in the cooking? I would rather, I would, that in cleaning the vegetables she should make the verbs agree ill with the nouns, and say a hundred times a low or bad word, than that she should burn y my meat or put too much salt in my soup; I live on good soup, and not on fine language.

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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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Alternative Names: Moliere • Jean-Baptiste Molière • Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière • Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

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Let us not apply to ourselves the points of general censure; let us profit by the lesson, if possible, without assuming that we are spoken against.

Let's leave his rank, then, — take the man himself:

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.

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