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Porridge Quote by John Adams

“I never saw the face of Cobbett...I should not know him if I met him in my porridge dish.” quote by John Adams — Download Open image

““I never saw the face of Cobbett...I should not know him if I met him in my porridge dish.””

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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for…

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Your date is better in your pie and your porridge than in your cheek.

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