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

— Molière Le Misanthrope (1666)

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

Original text (French)

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Act II, sc. iv

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