ACASTE: The presence of those one loves is the true and perfect seasoning to all one’s pleasures.
[C’est un merveilleux assaisonnement aux plaisirs qu’on goûte que la présence des gens qu’on aime.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Le Misanthrope, Act 5, sc. 4 (1666) [tr. Wilbur (1954)]
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Reading a letter from Céliméne to Clitandre.
(Source (French)). Alternate translations:
The presence of all those we love is an excellent relish to our pleasures.
[tr. Van Laun (1878)]
The presence of people we love gives a wonderful relish to pleasures.
[tr. Matthew (1890)]
It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.
[tr. Wormeley (1894)]
The society fo those we love is a wonderful relish to our pleasure.
[tr. Waller (1903)]
The presence of people we like gives a marvelous relish to our pleasures.
[tr. Page (1913)]
The presence of people one is really fond of is the best seasoning for social amusements.
[tr. Bishop (1957)]
A marvelous seasoning for the pleasures we enjoy is the presence of the persons we love.
[tr. Frame (1967)]
Quotations about:
lovers
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Phryne Fisher had a taste for young and comely men, but she was not prone to trust them with anything but her body.
TOUCHSTONE: We that are true lovers run into strange capers.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
As You Like It, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 53ff (2.4.53) (1599)
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