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His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

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There is not a thing that is more positive than bread.

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WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread "per capita" of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.

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I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

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

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All human history attests That happiness for man, - the hungry sinner! - Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. ~Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIII, stanza 99

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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

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But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.

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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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New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that journalistic favorite the taxi driver.

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As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.

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

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Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres.

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Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

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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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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

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We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do.

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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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A pasty costly-made, Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay, Like fossils of the rock, with golden yolks Imbedded and injellied.

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