Life is a superstition. But superstitions are not without their value. The snail's shell is a superstition, slugs have no shells and thrive just as well. But a snail without a shell would not be a slug unless it had also the slug's indifference to a shell.
en
“La superstition est l'expression, manifestement, d'une sorte de lâcheté vis-à-vis de la divinité.”
Les Caractères
Original
Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.
Characters, ch. 28 (16); translation from R. C. Jebb and J. E. Sandys (trans.), The Characters of Theophrastus (London: Macmillan, 1909), p. 139.
Théophraste 9
philosophe grec -371–-287 avant J.-C.Citations similaires
“La moralité n'est que l'attitude que nous prenons vis à vis des gens qui ne nous plaisent pas.”
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
en
Un mari idéal ('), 1895
“Tiens vis-à-vis des autres ce que tu t'es promis à toi seul. Là est ton contrat.”
Fureur et mystère, 1948, Feuillets d'Hypnos (1943-1944)
fr
À propos de la transparence d'une entreprise.