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Quote by Sydney Smith
The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tole

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. – Sydney Smith

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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. – Danish Proverb

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Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer, the body sanctified, and raises man to the throne of God. – Athenaeus of Naucratis

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Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. – Ezra Taft Benson

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What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? – Basil

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