Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M.F.K. Fisher

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Topic

Eating Food Man as social animal

Author

M.F.K. Fisher

Source

An Alphabet for Gourmets

Medium

Essay

Genre

Food writing

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy. An Alphabet for Gourmets. The Viking Press, 1949.

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The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

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Topic
Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

Author

Herbert Agar
Source
A Time for Greatness
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

Another quote about Man as social animal

No man is an Island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal

Author

John Donne
Source
Meditation XVII Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1624 1620s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Donne, John. "Meditation XVII." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes. London, 1624.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel. Vintage, 1999, meditation 17.