“What's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.”
Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Grundrisse (1857-1858)
Source: Introduction, p. 37.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“What's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.”
Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Grundrisse (1857-1858)
Source: Introduction, p. 37.
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1854–1939) American journalist and anarchist
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State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherin They Differ (1888)
“A good crier of green sauce.”
Francois Rabelais book Gargantua and Pantagruel
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Gargantua (1534), Chapter 31.
“The best sauce in the world is hunger.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 5.
“2569. Hunger is the best Sauce.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750) : Hunger is the best Pickle.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 2534. Honesty is the best Policy.
“An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.”
Anthony Bourdain book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential (2000)
Source: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.”
Henry James book Theatricals
Theatricals: Second Series (1895).
“Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.”
Robert Jordan book The Eye of the World
Source: The Eye of the World
“A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.”
Edward Abbey book Desert Solitaire
Source: Desert Solitaire