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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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If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the soul, fasting cleanses both. – Francis Quarles

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In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. – Herbert M. Shelton

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One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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

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