They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.
—William Shakespeare
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Showing posts with label gluttony. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Post #1983
Gluttony is the source of all our infirmities, and the fountain of all our diseases. As a lamp is choked by a superabundance of oil, a fire extinguished by excess of fuel, so is the natural health of the body destroyed by intemperate diet.
—Robert Burton
—Robert Burton
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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