“Thought depends largely on the stomach. In spite of this, those with the best stomachs are not always the best thinkers.”

— Voltaire

C'est une plaisante chose que la pensée dépende absolument de l'estomac, et malgré cela les meilleurs estomacs ne soient pas les meilleurs penseurs.
Letter to Jean le Rond d'Alembert (20 August 1770)
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C'est une plaisante chose que la pensée dépende absolument de l'estomac, et malgré cela les meilleurs estomacs ne soient pas les meilleurs penseurs.

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French writer, historian, and philosopher 1694–1778

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