Philippe Quinault (1635–88,) French dramatist and librettist, was born in Paris. Quinault was educated by the liberality of François Tristan l’Hermite, the author of Marianne. Quinault’s first play was produced at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1653, when he was only eighteen. The piece succeeded, and Quinault followed it up, but he also read for the bar; and in 1660, when he married a widow with money, he bought himself a place in the Cour des Comptes. Then he tried tragedies with more success.
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It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.
—Philippe Quinault
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