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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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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world. – Al-Ghazali

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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. – Danish Proverb

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Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. – Thomas Tusser

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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. – St. Jerome

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