WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/moliere/75622/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Molière</b></a></p><blockquote>CLÉANTE: There’s true and false in piety, as in bravery,<br> And just as those whose courage shines the most<br> In battle, are the least inclined to boast,<br> So those whose hearts are truly pure and lowly<br> Don’t make a flashy show of being holy.<br> <br><i>[Il est de faux dévots ainsi que de faux braves:<br>Et, comme on ne voit pas qu’où l’honneur les conduit<br>Les vrais braves soient ceux qui font beaucoup de bruit,<br>Les bons et vrais dévots, qu’on doit suivre à la trace,<br>Ne sont pas ceux aussi qui font tant de grimace.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Molière</b> (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]<br><i>Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur],</i> Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/moliere/75622/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/moliere/75622/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=boasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boasting</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bragging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bragging</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bravado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bravado</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bravery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bravery</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=courage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courage</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=devotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devotion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hypocrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrite</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ostentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ostentation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=piety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piety</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pious</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=showingoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>showingoff</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=visibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visibility</span></a></p>