La Bruyere, Jean de -- The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 13 “Of the Fashion [De la Mode],” § 21 (13.21) (1688)

Dave — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 22:33:21 +0000

A man who parades his piety is one who, under an atheist king, would be an atheist.

[Un dévot est celui qui, sous un roi athée, serait athée.]

Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) French essayist, moralist
The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 13 “Of the Fashion [De la Mode],” § 21 (13.21) (1688)

La Bruyère notes in the original this refers to a "faux dévot."

(Source (French)). Other translations:

An Hypocrite is one that will be an Atheist under a King that is so.
[Bullord ed. (1696)]

A Devote is one, that under a King who was an Atheist, would be a Devote.
[Curll ed. (1713)]

A Devoto is one, that under an atheistical King wouild be an Atheist.
[Browne ed. (1752)]

A pious person is one who, under an atheistical king, would be an atheist.
[tr. Van Laun (1885)]

A pious hypocrite is one who, under an atheistic king, would be an atheist.
[tr. Stewart (1970)]

Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1839-03-22/25)

Dave — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 05:17:00 +0000

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1839-03-22/25)

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La Bruyere, Jean de -- The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 13 “Of the Fashion [De la Mode],” § 21 (13.21) (1688)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1839-03-22/25)