Cleante Monologue from Tartuffe

From Tartuffe by Molière

male · defiant · 1:09 min

Oh, sir! Don't put on that scrupulous air While your actions injure a rightful heir. Don't feel uneasy or risk your good health By fretting about the perils of his wealth. It is better spent on a young man's whim Than that you be accused of defrauding him. I only wonder why you aren't ashamed By this proposal in which you are named. In true religion is there some dictum That says it's okay to make an heir your victim? And if God has put some obstacle in place Against you and Damis sharing the same space, Wouldn't you prefer to be more discrete And leave this house in a noble retreat Than to sit and see the son of the house Thrust from his home like a beggarly louse. Believe me, it would prove your probity, Monsieur,...

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