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    A very man--not one of nature's clods--
    With human failings, whether saint or sinner:
    Endowed perhaps with genius from the gods
    But apt to take his temper from his dinner.

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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Eating Quotes,
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Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible
for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining read more

Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible
for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on next
to nothing, have taken due precaution against ever perishing from
hunger.

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All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
[Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son read more

All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
[Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).]

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If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you
would eat chickens i' read more

If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you
would eat chickens i' th' shell.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eating Quotes,
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God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.

God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.

by John Heywood Found in: Eating Quotes,
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First come, first served.

First come, first served.

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I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.

I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eating Quotes,
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And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a read more

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

by Bible Found in: Eating Quotes,
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