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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. - Aesop He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. - Bible, Psalms (ch. CIV, v. 14-15) I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. - A. Whitney Brown What most moved him was a certain meal on beans. - Robert Browning I just hate health food. - Julia Child Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. - Shirley Conran, Superwoman Fang drops so much food on his ties we keep them in the refrigerator. - Phyllis Diller Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup. - Dogen Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing. - Fran Lebowitz Food is an important part of a balanced diet. - Fran Lebowitz Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soy beans. - Fran Lebowitz Unbought feasts. [Lat., Dapes inemptae.] - Proverb, (Latin) Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion. - Sir Walter Scott Mellow nuts have the hardest rind. - Sir Walter Scott There is no sincerer love than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw There is no love sincerer than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. - Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler (pt. I, ch. V) Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
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