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The duty of comedy being to correct men’s errors in the course of amusing them.
Source:
First petition addressed to the king Louis XIV concerning the play Tartuffe in 1664.
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Name:
Molière
Profession:
Playwright, Actor, Poet
Born:
January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673
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