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As for the rest, don't go and imagine that I'm the only reader of this sort. I've no particular merit in this, except that I've done systematically, with a keen intelligence and a reasonable and true aim in mind, what most others do by instinct. AS FOR THE REST DON'T GO AND IMAGINE THAT I'M THE ONLY READER OF THIS SORT I'VE NO PARTICULAR MERIT IN THIS EXCEPT THAT I'VE DONE SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A KEEN INTELLIGENCE AND A REASONABLE AND TRUE AIM IN MIND WHAT MOST OTHERS DO BY INSTINCT
thing which one shouldn't say. So when I read L'Avare, I say to myself: be a miser, if you want to, but be careful not to talk like a miser. When I read Tartuffe I tell myself: be a hypocrite, if you like, but don't talk like a hypocrite. Keep the vices which are useful, but don't assume a tone or an appearance which will make you ridiculous. In order to be sure about this tone and appearance, you have to know them. Now, these authors have provided excellent portraits of them. I am myself, and I remain what I am. But I act and speak in a way that's suitable. I'm not one of those people who disparage the moralists. One can profit a lot from them, above all from those who have put morals into action. Vice doesn't hurt people, except now and then. But the visible features of vice injure them from morning to night. Perhaps it would be better to be a scoundrel than to look like one--insolence in a character is only insulting from time to time, but an insolent appearance is always insulting. RYTHING ONE SHOULD DO AND EVERYTHING WHICH ONE SHOULDN'T SAY SO WHEN I READ LAVARE I SAY TO MYSELF BE A MISER IF YOU WANT TO BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO TALK LIKE A MISER WHEN I READ TARTUFFE I TELL MYSELF BE A HYPOCRITE IF YOU LIKE BUT DON'T TALK LIKE A HYPOCRITE KEEP THE VICES WHICH ARE USEFUL BUT DON'T ASSUME A TONE OR AN APPEARANCE WHICH WILL MAKE YOU RIDICULOUS IN ORDER TO BE SURE ABOUT THIS TONE AND APPEARANCE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THEM NOW THESE AUTHORS HAVE PROVIDED EXCELLENT PORTRAITS OF THEM I AM MYSELF AND I REMAIN WHAT I AM BUT I ACT AND SPEAK IN A WAY THAT SUITABLE I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DISPARAGE THE MORALISTS ONE CAN PROFIT A LOT FROM THEM ABOVE ALL FROM THOSE WHO HAVE PUT MORALS INTO ACTION VICE DOESN'T HURT PEOPLE EXCEPT NOW AND THEN BUT THE VISIBLE FEATURES OF VICE INJURE THEM FROM MORNING TO NIGHT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE A SCOUNDREL THAN TO LOOK LIKE ONE INSOLENCE IN A CHARACTER IS ONLY INSULTING FROM TIME TO TIME BUT AN INSOLENT APPEARANCE IS ALWAYS INSULTING
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