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		<title>Moliere -- Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L&#8217;Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit So blinds them that they&#8217;re never hard to cheat. [Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime. Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.] When her maid is concerned that Tartuffe will see through Elmire&#8217;s stratagem. (Source (French)). Alternate translations: No, People are easily Dup&#8217;d by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit<br />
So blinds them that they&#8217;re never hard to cheat.</p>
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<p><em>[Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime.<br />
Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.]</em></p>
<br><b>Molière</b> (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]<br><i>Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L&#8217;Imposteur]</i>, Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/misanthropetartu00moli/page/280/mode/2up?q=%22amorous+men%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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When her maid is concerned that Tartuffe will see through Elmire's stratagem.<br><br>

(<a href="https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Tartuffe_ou_l%E2%80%99Imposteur/%C3%89dition_Chasles,_1888#:~:text=Non%C2%A0%3B%20on%20est%20ais%C3%A9ment%20dup%C3%A9%20par%20ce%20qu%E2%80%99on%20aime.%0AEt%20l%E2%80%99amour%2Dpropre%20engage%20%C3%A0%20se%20tromper%20soi%2Dm%C3%AAme.">Source (French)</a>).  Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>No, People are easily Dup'd by what they love, and Self-love helps 'em to deceive themselves.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Moliere/6GEzAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22no%20people%20are%22">Clitandre</a> (1672)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No; people are easily duped by those whom they love, and conceit is apt to deceive itself.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dramatic_Works_of_Moli%C3%A8re_M%C3%A9licert/vdFMAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22easily%20duped%22">Van Laun</a> (1876)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No, we are easily duped by those we love, and we deceive ourselves through our own conceit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dramatic_Works_of_Moli%C3%A8re_The_force/9KRiy5RyJ-cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA322&printsec=frontcover">Wall</a> (1879)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No, people are easily duped by what they like; and self-love helps them to deceive themselves.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedies00molirich/page/466/mode/2up?q=%22easily+duped%22">Mathew</a> (1890), 4.2]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No; people are easily duped by those whom they love. Self-love leads the way to self-deceit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Plays_of_Moli%C3%A8re_in_French/ry1zVvUyoCgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22easily%20duped%22">Waller</a> (1903)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Oh no! A lover's never hard to cheat,<br>
And self-conceit leads straight to self-deceit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tartuffe_or_the_Hypocrite#:~:text=A%20lover%27s%20never%20hard%20to%20cheat%2C%0AAnd%20self%2Dconceit%20leads%20straight%20to%20self%2Ddeceit.">Page</a> (1909)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No, one is easily fooled by one's belovèd,<br>
And self-conceit will end in self-deception.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/eightplaysbymoli00moli/page/200/mode/2up?q=%22one+is+easily+fooled%22">Bishop</a> (1957)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Oh, no! A lover is not hard to cheat,<br>
And self-deception springs from self-conceit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/tartuffeotherpla0000moli_t9a5/page/304/mode/2up?q=%22lover+is+not%22">Frame</a> (1967)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He loves me, and he's also vain,<br>
That double drug will dull his brain.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tartuffe/B4oHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22elmire%20oh%20yes%22">Bolt</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No, it's easy to be fooled by what we want; our vanity is always ready to betray us.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/tartuffeandmisan0000moli/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22fooled+by+what%22">Steiner</a> (2008)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>We long to be fooled by the one we love,<br>
And pride lends a hand in its own downfall.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tartuffe/HZ78DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22elmire%20we%20long%22">Campbell</a> (2013)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Joubert, Joseph -- Pensées [Thoughts], 1805 entry [tr. Auster (1983)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dreams are more amorous than my actions have ever been. I could not find an analog in other translations of the Pensées.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My dreams are more amorous than my actions have ever been. </p>
<br><b>Joseph Joubert</b> (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet<br><i>Pensées [Thoughts]</i>, 1805 entry [tr. Auster (1983)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/translations0000unse_s5s8/page/124/mode/2up?q=%22more+amorous%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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I could not find an analog in other translations of the Pensées.
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