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

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It was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.

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The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them.

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The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.

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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

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

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Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it.

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Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time.

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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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A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die.

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Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

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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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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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HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

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God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

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Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain — Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

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Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.

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