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To create a public scandal is what's wicked;
To sin in private is not a sin.

— Molière Tartuffe (1664)

Le scandale du monde est ce qui fait l'offense,
Et ce n'est pas pécher que pécher en silence.

Original text (French)

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Act IV, sc. v

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