A quotation from Moliere

MARTINE: We always speak well when we make ourselves understood.
 
[MARTINE: Quand on se fait entendre, on parle toujours bien.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Les Femmes Savantes [The Learned Ladies], Act 2, sc. 6, (1692) [tr. Van Laun (1876)]

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