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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice

In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. – Benjamin Franklin

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Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother. – George Herbert

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