Of all the passions, the only really respectable one seems to me to be gluttony
“Of all the passions, the only truly respectable seems to me to be gluttony”.
Guy de MAUPASSANT (1850-1893), Lovers and scoops (Journalistic chronicles 1856-1890).
A very Christian paradox, gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, in bad company with greed, envy, laziness, pride, lust, anger.
A hypothesis: it may be a translation error.
Gluttony, gluttony would seem more just. The irony is that the dictionary gives another synonym: gastronomy!
Let us recall in passing the nuance that is important: “Gluttony is to gastronomy what boorishness is to courtesy. »
Signed Pierre Dac.
