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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Source: Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 Aug. 1763 (1791). Boswell described Johnson's dedication to eating thus: I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at t
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.


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