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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière

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Biography - Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière:

French playwright and actor.
Born: 1622 - Died: 1673
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Grammar which rules even kings, and makes them, with a high hand, obey her laws.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La grammaire, qui sait régenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obéir à ses lois !


German
Der Grammatik müssen sich selbst Könige beugen.




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Quotes for: law


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Quotes for: law


Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.





Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.





People must help one another it is nature's law.





Article V – The law has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.





Article VI – The law is the expression of the general will. All the citizens have the right of contributing personally or through their representatives to its formation. It must be the same for all, either that it protects, or that it punishes. All the citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally admissible to all public dignities, places and employments, according to their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and of their talents.











Quotes for: king


Quotes

Quotes about king:


If I were not king, I should lose my temper.





A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.





In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.





To avoid covetousness is to conquer a kingdom.





What man is without fault, and what king without weakness?





Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.











Quotes

Quotes for: grammar


Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.





Essence is expressed in grammar.







Quotes

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière also said...


The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy.





With a smile we should instruct our youth.





Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.





To live without loving is not really to live.





One should eat to live, and not live to eat.





If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.












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