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title: "2 George Fordyce Quotes"
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# George Fordyce

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George Fordyce was a Scottish physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

##  Quotes by George Fordyce

> [One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-fordyce/one-meal-a-day-is-enough-for-a-lion-and-it-ought-to-be-for-a-man/)

[George Fordyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-fordyce/)

[Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/)

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> [Who can describe the transports of a beam truly parental on beholding a daughter shoot up like some fair and modest flower,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-fordyce/who-can-describe-the-transports-of-a-beam-truly-parental-on-beholding/)

[George Fordyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-fordyce/)

[Acquire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquire/)

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