The Imaginary Invalid
comedy-ballet by Molière
The Imaginary Invalid, or The Hypochondriac (French: Le malade imaginaire), is the last play written by Molière. It premiered on 10 February 1673 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.
Quotations edit
- Unless otherwise noted, the translations are by John Woods (1959). The Miser and Other Plays (Penguin, 2004), ISBN 978-0141913384
- Il faut qu'il ait tué bien des gens pour s'être fait si riche.
- He must have killed off an awful lot of patients to have made all that money.
- Toinette, Act I, scene 5
- He must have killed off an awful lot of patients to have made all that money.
- Il marche, dort, mange et boit tout comme les autres; mais cela n'empêche pas qu'il ne soit fort malade.
- He can get about, sleep, eat and drink like anybody else. But that doesn't mean to say he's not very ill.
- Toinette, Act II, scene 2
- He can get about, sleep, eat and drink like anybody else. But that doesn't mean to say he's not very ill.
- Ah! il n'y a plus d'enfants!
- Children aren't children any more.
- Argan, Act II, scene 8
- Children aren't children any more.
- Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies.
- Most people die of the cure, not the disease.
- Béralde, Act III, scene 3
- Most people die of the cure, not the disease.
- Crève, crève; cela t'apprendra une autre fois à te jouer à la Faculté.
- Die and be damned, that'll teach you to make fun of the Faculty of Medicine!
- Argan, Act III, scene 3
- Die and be damned, that'll teach you to make fun of the Faculty of Medicine!
External links edit
Encyclopedic article on The Imaginary Invalid on Wikipedia
Works related to The Imaginary Invalid on Wikisource
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