Molière also uses Cléante to teach the importance of moderation. Cléante draws Orgon’s attention to the stupidity of his extreme actions by telling him: “Listen to yourself! You're exaggerating, / You're getting carried away again. Stop. / “Moderation”. Is that a word you know? / I think you learned it, but then it’s gone” (5.1.37-40). Orgon not only went to the extreme of believing in Tartuffe, but after learning the truth, he went to the extreme of believing in no one. Cléante responds to Orgon’s reaction that religion is the cause of all his troubles by questioning: “. . . Rather than change your habits, you turned to / Like this. [snaps fingers] Attacking holy men who have earned / the right to stand among true believers. / So now all holy men are vile deceivers? (5.1.45-48). Molière demonstrates with these lines that we must recognize that there exist truly devout religious people in the world, even if there are men like Tartuffe who are religious impostors and take advantage of faith to deceive others. The character of Tartuffe represents the way Satan inspires people to follow him. In the Bible, Jesus tells his disciples that Satan seeks to deceive and turn people away from him. Therefore, Tartuffe's aim was to