“Well, it is humiliation reflection, that the straightest road to a man's heart is through his palate.”

—  Fanny Fern

Source: 1854, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio, Second series, Hungry Husbands. Often quoted as The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Also quoted in Chambers dictionary of Quotations, p. 321

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