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No one can have any wit unless he is as stupid as we are. That's the place where the plan for the comedy Les Philosphes was conceived  I'm the one who came up with the scene of the peddler. I based it on La Théologie en Quenouille. You don't get off the hook in it, any more than anyone else. NO ONE CAN HAVE ANY WIT UNLESS HE IS AS STUPID AS WE ARE THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE THE PLAN FOR THE COMEDY LES PHILOSOPF WAS CONCEIVED I'M THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THE SCENE OF THE PEDDLER WHY BASTED ON LA THEOLOGIE ON QUEN YOU DON'T GET OFF THE HOOK IN IT ANY MORE THAN ANY ONE ELSE
hem to eat the first time they come. I'm the one who demands they get something to drink. They take up so little room! Some ragged young people who don't know where to lay their heads but who are good looking. Others are villains who suck up to the master and send him off to sleep so they can scoop up what he's left with the lady of the house. We appear carefree, but at bottom we're all moody and greedy. Wolves are no hungrier than we are, nor are tigers more cruel. We cram ourselves like wolves when the earth has been covered in snow for a long time, and, like tigers, we rip apart anything which has succeeded. Sometimes the crowds of Bertin, Montsauge, and Villemorien come together, and then there's a fine old noise in the menagerie. You've never seen so many wretched creatures in one place--cantankerous, harmful, and angry. No one hears anything but the names of Buffon, Duclos, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Votaire, D'Alembert, Diderot, and God only knows what epithets are attached to them. MID BAND I'M THE ONE WHO URGES THEM TO EAT THE FIRST TIME THEY COME I'M THE ONE WHO DEMANDS THEY GET SOMETHING TO DRINK THEY TAKE UP SO LITTLE ROOM SOME RAGGED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LAY THEIR HEADS BUT WHO ARE GOOD LOOKING OTHERS ARE VILLAINS WHO SUCK UP TO THE MASTER AND SEND HIM OFF TO SLEEP SO THEY CAN SCOOP UP WHAT HE'S LEFT WITH THE LADY OF THE HOUSE WE APPEAR CARE FREE BUT AT BOTTOM WE'RE ALL MOODY AND GREEDY WOLVES ARE NO HUNGRIER THAN WE ARE NOR ARE TIGERS MORE CRUEL WE CRAM OURSELVES LIKE WOLVES WHEN THE EARTH HAS BEEN COVERED IN SNOW FOR A LONG TIME AND LIKE TIGERS WE RIP APART ANYTHING WHICH HAS SUCCEEDED SOMETIMES THE CROWDS OF BARTIS MONT SAGE AND VIRIAN COME TOGETHER AND THEN THERE'S A FINE OLD NOISE IN THE MENAGERIE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY WRETCHED CREATURES IN ONE PLACE CANTANKEROUS HARMFUL AND ANGRY NO ONE HEARS ANYTHING BUT THE NAMES OF BOUFFON DUCOUX MONTESQUIE ROUSSEAU VOLTAIRE D'ALEMBERT DIEDERO AND GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT EPITHETS ARE ATTACHED TO THEM
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