Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
—George Herbert, 1651Quotes
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
—Virginia Woolf, 1929Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678For, 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, 1851Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.
—Aldous Huxley, 1929The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
—St. Jerome, 395I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
—David Hume, 1751A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60Thank 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, 1855One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001