FASTING

Related Subjects: Asceticism, Hunger, Self-Denial

1. Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean,
   And fat his soul, and make his body lean.—CHAUCER, The Somnours Tale
   

2. He fasts enough who eats with reason.—A. J. CRONIN, Grand Canary
   

3. He fasts enough whose wife scolds all dinnertime.—Proverb
   

4. Surfeit is the father of much fast.—SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure
   

5. And therein fasting, hast thou made me gaunt.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard II