The Imaginary Invalid
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
Media related to Le Malade imaginaire on Wikimedia Commons
