Quotation by Molière

Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673), French comic playwright. Dorante, in La Critique de L'Ecole des Femmes (School for Wives Criticized), sc. 6 (1663).

Dorante speaks of the classical rules of dramatic unity.
Surprise me with a
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