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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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

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He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. – Henry David Thoreau

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After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. – English saying

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