“Enough is as good as a feast.”
Part II, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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“6082. Enough’s as good as a Feast,
To one that’s not a Beast.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 1370. Enough's as good as a Feast.
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist
The Covent Garden Tragedy (1732), Act V, scene 1
“A good conscience is a continual feast.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 4, member 2, subsection 3, Causes of Despair, the Devil, Melancholy, Meditation, Distrust, Weakness of Faith, Rigid Ministers, Misunderstanding Scriptures, Guilty Consciences, etc.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) English naval administrator and member of parliament
9 November 1665 http://books.google.com/books?id=azIEAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Strange+to+see+how+a+good+dinner+and+feasting+reconciles+everybody%22&pg=PA120#v=onepage <br class="br">Diary <br class="br">Source: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 2, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“If it’s good enough for the cosmos, it’s good enough for humankind.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.”
Elizabeth Hoyt (1970) American writer
Source: Notorious Pleasures