To be admired than men of true religion,
Nothing more noble or more beautiful
Than is the holy zeal of true devoutness
 Molière, Tartuffe or The Impostor (1669). copy citation

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Author Molière
Source Tartuffe or The Impostor
Topic religion zeal
Date 1669
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by Curtis Hidden Page
Weblink https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tartuffe_or_the_Hypocrite

Context

“I'm not the sole expounder of the doctrine, And wisdom shall not die with me, good brother. But this I know, though it be all my knowledge, That there's a difference 'twixt false and true. And as I find no kind of hero more To be admired than men of true religion, Nothing more noble or more beautiful Than is the holy zeal of true devoutness; Just so I think there's naught more odious Than whited sepulchres of outward unction, Those barefaced charlatans, those hireling zealots, Whose sacrilegious, treacherous pretence Deceives at will, and with impunity” source