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He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Satire 1, l. 94
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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Born:
November 1, 1636
Died:
March 13, 1711
(aged 74)
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