Pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. - Molière

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Pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.

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About Molière

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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Amigo mío, no soy lo que parezco. Mi apariencia no es más que el traje que visto, un traje cuidadosamente tejido que me protege a mí de tu curiosidad, y a ti de mi negligencia. El yo que hay en mí, amigo mío, habita en la casa del silencio, y en ella vivirá para siempre inadvertido, inaccesible. No quisiera hacerte creer en lo que digo ni que confiaras en lo que hago, porque mis palabras no son sino tus propios pensamientos transformados en sonido; y mis acciones tus propias esperanzas convertidas en acción. Cuando tú dices “El viento sopla hacia el Este” yo digo “Sí, sopla hacia el Este”; porque no quisiera hacerte saber que mi mente no medita sobre el viento, sino sobre el mar. Tú no puedes comprender mis pensamientos marinos, ni yo quisiera hacértelos entender a ti. Preferiría estar solo con el mar.

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Mademoiselle De Brie: But it can't be much fun seeing your work torn to shreds.

Moliere: What do I care? Didn't I get everything I wanted from my play? I was lucky — it appealed to the distinguished audience I was particularly eager to please. Don't you think I'm right to be happy with how it turned out? Can't you see that their attacks have come too late? It's out of my hands at this point. If people attack a successful play, they're attacking the audience who liked it, for their lack of judgement, not the art of the man who wrote the play, don't you see?

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