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title: "4 Given Food Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-men-are-given-food-but-no-chastisement-nor-any-work-they-become/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/aristotle-78_chastisement_if-men-are-given-food-but-no-chastisemen_42318.png)

> [I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-m-like-a-starving-man-who-has-been-given-food-maybe-he-s-cold-and/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/leo-tolstoy-55_ashamed_i-m-like-a-starving-man-who-has-been-giv_2061156.jpg)

> [Given the amount of food I plan to gorge on this year, I'm not confident in the integrity of this chair's construction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/given-the-amount-of-food-i-plan-to-gorge-on-this-year-i-m-not/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/anonymous-1_chair_given-the-amount-of-food-i-plan-to-gorge_2454338.jpg)

> [When hungry, do not throw yourself upon food - else you will overload your heart and body. Eat slowly, without avidity, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-kronstadt/when-hungry-do-not-throw-yourself-upon-food-else-you-will-overload/)

[John of Kronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-kronstadt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/john-of-kronstadt-8549_blood_when-hungry-do-not-throw-yourself-upon-f_2666343.jpg)

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