Food & Drink Sayings
39 sayings found from the Early Modern era from 39 authors
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The great art of teaching is to awaken the curiosity of the pupil.
Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.
The life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
The passion that above all things makes a man fearful, is the fear of death.
Nature creates few men brave, industry makes many.
The greater the state, the more despotic the government, and the more the prince is forced to rely on fear.
The desire of food is not to be gratified in order to obtain wealth, but the desire of wealth in order to gratify the desire of food.
The greatest characters the world has known, have rose on the ruins of systems.
A great many women and men, too, make a point of never thinking about a subject without having taken a side first.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.
The greater the man, the more he is the subject of calumny.
Stinginess is a virtue, if it saves a penny for a useful purpose; crime is a virtue when it prevents a greater crime.
Sleep is good, and death is better; but of course, to live is the best of all.
I play for the glory of God and the recreation of the spirit.
The evils of a weak government are great and numerous.
Dr Priestly (sic) was once very ill with gall stones & was cured by abstinence from Butcher meat. ... fish & vegetables & butter or fat did not hurt him when taken in moderation, but his Doctors must know better than I do what is good for him.
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of the country as a consequence. Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented. His Majesty was brought up on beer, and s…
Most Holy Father, there are many who, on bringing their feeble judgment to bear on what is written concerning the great achievements of the Romans... have come to the conclusion that these achievements are more likely to be fables than facts. I, howe…