Quote by Walter Bagehot
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food ha

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. – Walter Bagehot

Other quotes by Walter Bagehot

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. – Walter Bagehot

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History
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Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot

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War
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. – Walter Bagehot

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Food
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From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

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I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble. – Monica Seles

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Food

The secret of food lies in memory – of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is. – Jerry Saltz

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Food

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. – William Hazlitt

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Food

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