"It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do."
"I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name."
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Source: Jean-Baptiste Moliere (2015). “Tartuffe and Other Plays”, p.42, Penguin
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