All 11 Uses
zeal
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Tartuffe
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- And since I know of no heroes about More to be praised than the truly devout And nothing at all with greater appeal Than the holy fervor of saintly zeal, So too nothing could be more odious Than the white-washed face of a zeal that's specious, Or these frank charlatans, seeking places, Whose false and sacrilegious double faces Exploit our love of God and make a game Of our reverence for Christ's holy name.†
Chpt 1.5zeal = active interest and enthusiasm
- And since I know of no heroes about More to be praised than the truly devout And nothing at all with greater appeal Than the holy fervor of saintly zeal, So too nothing could be more odious Than the white-washed face of a zeal that's specious, Or these frank charlatans, seeking places, Whose false and sacrilegious double faces Exploit our love of God and make a game Of our reverence for Christ's holy name.†
Chpt 1.5
- These people who, with a shop-keeper's soul, Make cheap trinkets to trade on the Credo, And hope to purchase credit and favor Bought with sly winks and affected fervor; These people, I say, whose uncommon hurry On the path to Heaven leads through their treasury, Who, writhing and praying, demand a profit each day And call for a Retreat while pocketing their pay, Who know how to tally their zeal with their vices,— Faithless, vindictive, full of artifices— To ruin someone they'll conceal their resentment With a capacious cloak of Godly contentment.†
Chpt 1.5
- In good faith, perhaps, you praise his great zeal, But I think you're dazed by his meaningless Glitter.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- In exchange for this unique blessing, I Desire only to reveal to you my Whole soul, and to swear that all my preaching About your guests—though perhaps over-reaching— Was not caused by any anger or hate But rather by a zeal that's passionate And pure .... Elmire.†
Chpt 3.3
- With what a fair appearance and touching zeal He hides a wicked soul and a heart of steel!†
Chpt 5.1
- You can see your error and now you know That by a false zeal you were brought low.†
Chpt 5.1
- If possible, don't admire false pretense, But also don't give true zeal cause for offense, And if you must fall to one extreme, Err in being too free with your esteem.†
Chpt 5.1
- I'm sure that a holy zeal has imbued His soul, and I can't begin to believe That he would be willing to cheat or deceive.†
Chpt 5.3
- But if this zeal which drives you and with which You plume yourself lifts you to a holy niche, Why is it that it didn't come to life Until after he caught you with his wife, And why did you only denounce him today After honor made him chase you away?†
Chpt 5.6
- He confers on men of worth immortal glory; But that zeal is not blind or peremptory, And his love for what's true does not turn his eye From the power of falseness to horrify.†
Chpt 5.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(zeal) active interest and enthusiasm
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)