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 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word read more 
 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth 
of God. 
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
 The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal 
bestower of wit.
 [Lat., Magister artis read more 
 The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal 
bestower of wit.
 [Lat., Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter.] 
 Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat 
and drink that they may live.  
 Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat 
and drink that they may live. 
Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon.
Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon.
 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil 
fail, according to the word of read more 
 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil 
fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by 
Elijah. 
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos read more 
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios salis 
absumpseris.] 
 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall read more 
 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more 
than raiment? 
 Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is 
called the staff of Life.  
 Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is 
called the staff of Life.