"What most moved him was a certain meal on beans" — Robert Browning

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy

Source: The Way to Wealth (1758)

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese

Source: Alarms and Discursions, Cheese (1910)

Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating

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