Source: Institutes of the Christian Religion
A Single Eye, All Light, No Darkness; or Light and Darkness One (1650)
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864), ch. 26 "Street Nuisances"
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864)
“New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.”
“So they are easily imposed upon by forms, strange garments, and solemn ceremonies.”
The Great Infidels (1881)
Context: Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title page and Preface to a most learned volume. So they are easily imposed upon by forms, strange garments, and solemn ceremonies. And when the teaching of parents, the customs of neighbors, and the general tongue approve and justify a belief or creed, no matter how absurd, it is hard even for the strongest to hold the citadel of his soul. In each country, in defence of each religion, the same arguments would be urged.
“The more we live with what we imagine others think of us, the less we live with truth.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 246
“A sin that's hidden is half forgiven.”
Peccato celato e mezzo perdonato.
First Day, Introduction
J. M. Rigg's translation http://decameron.obdurodon.org/engdecameronviewreading.html: Sin that is hidden is half forgiven.
The Decameron (c. 1350)
De Abaitua interview (1998)
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XIII: On Groundless Fears
Original: (la) Plura sunt, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus.
