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1655–1709 France
Jean-François Regnard (7 February 1655 – 4 September 1709) was a French dramatist, born in Paris, who is equally famous now for the travel diary he kept of a voyage in 1681.
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One loves without reason, and without reason one hates.
Les Folies Amoureuses (1704)
It is in great dangers that we see great courage.
Le Légataire universel (1708)
To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them.
Le Joueur (1696)
How happy is a gambler! his pocket is a treasure! under his lucky hands brass becomes gold.
Le Joueur (1696)
We love without reason, and without reason we hate.
Hippocrate says Yes, but Galienus says No.
Les Folies Amoureuses (1704)
You come near the sex, see, and conquer—my boy! You're the luckiest of mortals! Jump, marquis, for joy!
Le Joueur (1696)
Allons, saute Marquis! Come, Marquis, jump for joy!
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