"yield to men what they desire, and give to God [only] words and appearances"

"your ordinary method . . . is to yield to men what they desire, and give the Almighty only words and shows."

"vostre methode ordinaire, qui est d’accorder aux hommes ce qu’ils desirent, et donner à Dieu des paroles et des apparences."

     Blaise Pascal, Provincial letters no. 12, trans. M'Crie (GBWW, 1st ed. (1952), vol. 33, p. 94).  French from p. 374 of tom. 5 of the critical edition of the Œuvres ed. Brunschvicg, and p. 715 of vol. 1 of the 1998 Pleiade edition of the Œuvres ed. Le Guern.
     One might even say that according to Pascal, it should be the official motto of the Jesuits and their like "to attract all and repel none [(attirer tout le monde, et ne rebuter personne, to attract the whole world and repel no one)]" (at the head of no. 10).