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"I was at the Theatre Francais last night," I said, "and saw Athalie." "It is the masterpiece of Racine; Voltaire, has been wrong in accusing me of having criticized that tragedy, and in attributing to me an epigram, the author of which has never been known, and which ends with two very poor lines: "Pour avoir fait pis qu'Esther, Comment diable as-to pu faire"

Giacomo Casanova - The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

"I was at the Theatre Francais last night," I said, "and saw Athalie." "It is the masterpiece of Racine; Voltaire, has been wrong in accusing me of having criticized that tragedy, and in attributing to me an epigram, the author of which has never been known, and which ends with two very poor lines: "Pour avoir fait pis qu'Esther, Comment diable as-to pu faire"

Giacomo Casanova - Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 06: Paris