“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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French playwright and actor 1622–1673

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