GLUTTONY See also: Covetousness; Greed | 貪食好飲 |
Gluttons dig their graves with their teeth. 貪食好飲者以齒掘墓。 |
Those who eat too much are
just as guilty of sin as those who drink too much. Joseph Caryl 貪食者的的罪愆等同好飲者。 |
Meat kills as many as the musket; the board as the
sword. Chrysostom 食物殺人之數如同長槍;膳食等同刀劍。 |
Bridle the appetite of
gluttony and thou wilt with less difficulty restrain all other inordinate desires of
animal nature. Thomas a Kempis 能夠約束貪食的胃口,你就能少些困難駕馭其他動物本性無節制的慾望。 |
He who gives what he would as readily throw away,
gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice. Henry Taylor 一個將自己想扔掉的東西給別人的,堪稱闕如慷慨的給予;慷慨的本質是自我犧牲。 |
Gluttony is not a secret
vice. Orson Welles 貪食並非不為人知的惡行。 |