The English translation of Molière (from Tartuffe), by A. R. Waller: “It is certainly, Madam, extremely pleasant to hear such words from the lips one loves. Their honey generously diffuses through all my senses a sweetness which I never before knew.” …Tartuffe being one of literature’s more adroit scoundrels. [via]

The English translation of Molière (from Tartuffe), by A. R. Waller:

“It is certainly, Madam,
extremely pleasant
to hear such words
from the lips one loves.
Their honey generously
diffuses through all my
senses a sweetness
which I never before knew.”

…Tartuffe being one of literature’s more adroit scoundrels. [via]