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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Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, Pierre Mignard I (Public domain / CC0)
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
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
ORGON. Just Heaven! Can what I hear be credited? TARTUFFE. Yes, brother, I am wicked, I am guilty, A miserable sinner, steeped in evil, The greatest criminal that ever lived. Each moment of my life is stained with soilures; And all is but a mass of crime and filth; Heaven, for my punishment, I see it plainly, Would mortify me now. Whatever wrong They find to charge me with, I'll not deny it But guard against the pride of self-defence. Believe their stories, arm your wrath against me, And drive me like a villain from your house; I cannot have so great a share of shame But what I have deserved a greater still.
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