Translation for "fraude piadoso" to english
Fraude piadoso
Translation examples
Estoy por cometer un fraude "piadoso" el cual aún su alta rectitud moral, Miss Clack, seguramente excusará.
I'm about to commit a "pious" fraud which even your high moral rectitude, Miss Clack, surely excuse.
Llamémoslo un fraude piadoso si prefiere.
Well, let's just call it a pious fraud if you will.
Renan, que no ama ni el cuarto Evangelio ni lo que los historiadores llaman «el círculo juanístico», describe un nido de intrigas, de fraudes piadosos y de golpes bajos en torno al último testigo vivo, un anciano vanidoso que pierde los estribos y monta en cóleras terribles porque los Evangelios ya en circulación no le otorgan el papel que pretende haber desempeñado.
Ernst Renan, who likes neither the fourth Gospel nor what historians call the “Johannine milieu,” describes a nest of intrigue, pious fraud, and deceit surrounding the last living witness, a vain old man who’s losing his head and is in the habit of throwing terrible fits since the Gospels being circulated don’t credit him with the role he claims to have played.
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