Quotes
"À vous dire la vérité, il y a peu de choses qui me soient impossibles, quand je veux m'y mêler."
Scapin, Act 1, Scene 2
"To tell you the truth, there are few things that I find impossible, when I want to do them."
"Il vaut mieux encore d'être marié que mort."
Scapin, Act 1, Scene 4
"It's better to be married than to be dead."
"Mais que diable est-il allé faire dans cette galère?"
Géronte, Act 2, Scene 7
"What the devil was he doing in that galley?"
(This line prompted a new word in French: "galère" now also has the meaning "a cumbersome, painful business.")
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