#appetite

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#governed #greater #liberty #part #well

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . ↗

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#conquered #dears #human #human nature #nature

Appetite as it relates to the human being, the person. How do you find appetite for what you do? How do you relate to appetite? How do you get appetite, not only for a meal but also to do the work you do? ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#appetite #being #find #get #how

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age. ↗

— Giacomo Leopardi

#allowing #appetites #brings #death #deprives

Then, with an extended, falling glissando of disgust, the whole string section, plus flutes and piccolo, surged toward the brass, leaving the music critic and his deed - an early evening frites and mayonnaise on Oude Hoogstraat - illuminated under a lonely chandelier. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#humor #music #nausea #music

It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise. ↗

— William Banting

#appetite #compelled #consequently #exercise #forsake

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#does #interfere #love #mine #never

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible. ↗

— Amy Grant

#bible #had #home #i #lot

I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider. ↗

— Robert Atkins

#alternative #appetite #big #carbohydrates #consider

Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite. ↗

— Jonathan Brandis

#bring #change #food #furthermore #future