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    Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of
    corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.
    [Lat., Millia frumenti tua triverit area centum.
    Non tuus hinc capiet venter plus ac meus.]

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He that keeps not crust nor crum
Weary of all, shall want some.

He that keeps not crust nor crum
Weary of all, shall want some.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eating Quotes,
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And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.

And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.

by John Keats Found in: Eating Quotes,
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He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.

He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.

by George Herbert Found in: Eating Quotes,
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He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter
in a lordly dish.

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter
in a lordly dish.

by Bible Found in: Eating Quotes,
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A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the
usual trimmings.

A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the
usual trimmings.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Eating Quotes,
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You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same
abundance as your good fortunes are; and read more

You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same
abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet for aught I see,
they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve
with nothing.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eating Quotes,
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A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]

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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is
called the staff of Life.

Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is
called the staff of Life.

by Matthew (mathew) Henry Found in: Eating Quotes,
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What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eating Quotes,
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