Emily Dickinson Quotes, Food Quotes, Past Quotes

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.

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

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

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Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women.

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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

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

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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

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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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A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm.

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Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

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There are two Italies.... The one is the most sublime and lovely contemplation that can be conceived by the imagination of man; the other is the most degraded, disgusting, and odious. What do you think? Young women of rank actually eat - you will never guess what - garlick! Our poor friend Lord Byron is quite corrupted by living among these people, and in fact, is going on in a way not worthy of him.

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Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.

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The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways.

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TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

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There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.

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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything.

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