Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) Religion Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Letter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

And if our God judges us by our deeds, you will one day be the patron of some great city, while I shall be, at most, a village saint. (1.4.1)

Valmont and Merteuil are religious: they worship themselves.

Quote #2

You cannot imagine the fuss she has made ever since, and how edified she is by my regular attendance at prayers and at Mass. She has no suspicion of the nature of the divinity I go to worship. (1.4.4.)

We'll say this: Valmont knows his target. He appeals to the very thing that will endear him to Madame de Tourvel: religious piety. His own "divinity" is sexual desire, apparently.

Quote #3

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil. (1.5.3)

Madame de Merteuil turns out to be right. Madame de Tourvel succumbs to Valmont eventually, but she never gives up the idea that she's damned for it.