“Ah, it's a lovely thing to know a thing or two.”
Ah, la belle chose que de savoir quelque chose.
Act II, sc. iv. http://books.google.com/books?id=GxlAFXHk4NcC&q=%22ah+la+belle+chose+que+de+savoir+quelque+chose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)
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Ah, la belle chose que de savoir quelque chose.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)
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