“He makes his cook his merit,
And the world visits his dinners and not him.”

Que de son cuisinier il s'est fait un mérite,
Et que c'est à sa table à qui l'on rend visite.
Act II, sc. iv
Le Misanthrope (1666)

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Que de son cuisinier il s'est fait un mérite, Et que c'est à sa table à qui l'on rend visite.

Le Misanthrope (1666)

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