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As a child my
family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave
it.
-- Buddy Hackett
A store of
grain, Oh king is the best of treasures. A gem put in your
mouth will not support life.
-- Hitopadesa
600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable
From Panchatantra
The flesh
endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of
the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a
lust of the mind.
-- Thomas Hobbes
1588-1679, British
Philosopher
Most of us are
either too think to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy
walking.
-- Edgar Watson Howe
1853-1937, American
Journalist, Author
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