“To create a public scandal is what's wicked;
To sin in private is not a sin.”
Le scandale du monde est ce qui fait l'offense,
Et ce n'est pas pécher que pécher en silence.
Act IV, sc. v
Tartuffe (1664)
“Oh, what a wicked world it is that drives a man to sin.”
— Mario Puzo, book The Last Don
Source: The Last Don
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