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For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.
For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.
To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.
[Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la read more
To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.
[Fr., L'abstenir pur jouir, c'est l'epicurisme de la raison.]
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
[Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
[Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel,
My morning incense. and my evening meal,
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I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel,
My morning incense. and my evening meal,
The sweets of Hasty-Pudding.
For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.
For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to
come.
I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to
come.
He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious
epicure--and for such a tomb might be read more
He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious
epicure--and for such a tomb might be content to die.