“My fair one, let us swear
An eternal friendship.”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
Act IV, sc. i
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)
“Let's swear, my beauty, An eternal ardor.”
— Molière
Act IV, sc. i
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)
Original: (fr) Jurons, ma belle,
Une ardeur éternelle.
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