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

— Molière , book Tartuffe

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)

Original

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

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

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French playwright and actor 1622–1673

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