Quotation by Molière

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673), French comic playwright. Angélique, in The Imaginary Invalid (Le Malade Imaginaire), act 2, sc. 6 (1673).

Angélique responds to a citation of ancient authority.
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