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Definition of Gluttony
Gluttony

Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Related Definitions:
Appetite, Eating, Excess, Extravagant, Food, For, In, Indulgence, Of, The, Voracity


Gluttony Quotations

Gluttony is not a secret vice.
Orson Welles

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
Peter De Vries

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.
Thomas Hobbes

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.
Italo Calvino

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.
Dave Mustaine

Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture.
Giraldus Cambrensis

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.
Lydia Lunch

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.
Jonah Goldberg

Gluttony Translations

gluttony in Latin is abdomen
gluttony in Norwegian is forslukenhet
gluttony in Swedish is glupskhet


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