appetite - quotes

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens, 1812-1870

was an English novelist

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

was an English poet and playwright

The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite.

( "Romeo and Juliet, 1591 - 1595 )

Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914

was an US author and satirist

APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.

( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )