The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

Plus on aime quelqu'un, moins il faut qu'on le flatte: À rien pardonner le pur amour éclate.

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Original Citation

Molière. Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux [The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover]. King's Players, 4 June 1666, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Moliere. "The Misanthrope." The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays, translated by Maya Slater. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1, sc. 4.