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Molière1622–1673

There are false heroes⁠—and false devotees;
And as true heroes never are the ones
Who make much noise about their deeds of honour,
Just so true devotees, whom we should follow,
Are not the ones who make so much vain show.

Molière on religion

Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act I, Scene VI, spoken by Cleante

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