"Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure."

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Source : Randle COTGRAVE (1660). “A Dictionarie of the French and English tongues. Containing also"Briefe directions for such as desire to learne the French tongue."With a plate”, p.730

Randle Cotgrave

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“All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required”
“Most of us are reflecting life and not affecting it. Your inner speech mirrors your mind, and your mind mirrors God. If you do not change your thoughts, you haven't changed their activity. And if you do not change their activity, the conditions of your life cannot change, for they are only bearing witness to the inner action of your mind.”
“They are emotional gluttons, both of them. They gobbled up every sensation they could extract from marriage, and now they are seeing if separation won't provide them with a few more.”

Source : Margaret Kennedy (2011). “Lucy Carmichael”, p.8, Faber & Faber
“You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?”
“I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares [sic] of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.'”
“The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.”
“As a musician or a performer, you're meant to know what you're about, but it's ridiculous that someone 14 would have any idea of what they're about.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation.”

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