Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Food Quotes, Animal Quotes

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

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In the light of what Proust wrote with so mild a stimulus, it is the world's loss that he did not have a heartier appetite. On a dozen Gardiner's Island oysters, a bowl of clam chowder, a peck of steamers, some bay scallops, three sauteed soft-shelled crabs, a few ears of fresh picked corn, a thin swordfish steak of generous area, a pair of lobsters, and a Long Island Duck, he might have written a masterpiece.

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CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

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Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

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Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?

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Appetite, a universal wolf.

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The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart; She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart.

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A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.

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In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.

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We don't care to eat toadstools that think they are truffles.

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

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I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

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A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.

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TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.

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He describes it as a large apartment, with a red brick floor and a capacious chimney; the ceiling garnished with hams, sides of bacon, and ropes of onions.

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Here is a rural fellow that will not be denied your Highness' presence: he brings you figs.

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I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream... I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people's tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.

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We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.

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Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.

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