Lip service Quote by Marsilio Ficino

There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.

— O. Henry

'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who…

— Plato

Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.

— Jonathan Swift

“Nothing like a good dose of hunger to bring out the philosopher in anyone”

— Rotimi Ogunjobi

He tastes nothing who has not tasted for himself

— Marsilio Ficino

“Nothing like the act of eating for equalising men. Dying is nothing to it. The philosopher dies sententiously--the pharisee ostentatiously--the simple-hearted humbly--the poor idiot…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the…

— Gordon R. Dickson

A man of refined taste and judgment.

— Horace

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

— Alexander Pope

“Even if all philosophers do eat, some may eat more than others. This situation is called "lack of fairness". Or life.”

— Dennis E. Shasha

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

— Anonymous

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

— Iris Murdoch