Gluttony kills more than the sword. 16th century proverb
Many a man digs his grave with his teeth Puritan Proverb
I am not a glutton -- I am an explorer of food. -- Erma Bombeck
A glutton is one who raids the icebox for a cure for spiritual malnutrition.-- Fredereck Buechner
As the Babylonians used daily to sacrifice to their Bel; so the glutton to his belly; making it his God, Phil 3:19 - John Boys
Gluttons no longer gorge themselves; they are simply suffering from one of a variety of eating disorders.- Frank Furedi, "Making a virtue of vice" The Spectator 12 Jan 2002
The Glutton digs his grave with his owne teeth. Thomas Fuller--A Glasse for Gluttons
Man fell by eating, and that way we often sin, Mt. Henry on Matt.4:2
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.~John Selden 1584-1654, Table Talk, LIV
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