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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

—St. Jerome, 395

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862

Most vegetarians I ever saw looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.

—Finley Peter Dunne, 1900

The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

—Julia Child, 2001

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. 

—Aldous Huxley, 1929

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

—George Herbert, 1651

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf. 

—Epicurus, c. 300 BC

A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

—Seneca the Younger, c. 60

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

—Lord Byron, 1812

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

—Voltaire, 1770

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

—Sydney Smith, 1855

For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.

—Herman Melville, 1851