This observation is true of all places and of all times. English coarseness is well known. The Gaures, on the contrary, are the gentlest of men. They go to war as to the chase, and treat men as they do bears. Even in England the butchers are not received as legal witnesses any more than surgeons.
Great criminals harden themselves to murder by drinking blood.
Gluttony is the vice of souls that have no solidity. The soul of a gourmand is in his palate. He is brought into the world but to devour. In his stupid incapacity, he is at home only at his table. His powers of judgment are limited to his dishes.