Thursday, August 9. 2007

Gina's Quote Du Jour (Meredith)

We may live without poetry, music and art;

We may live without conscience,

and live without heart;

We may live without friends;

we may live without books;

But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

- Owen Meredith, 'Lucile'

Wikipedia identifies Owen Meredith as the pen name of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton. He was a British statesman and poet in the mid 19th century...Now I know a little about yet another person I didn't know yesterday.

This quote struck me a couple years ago when I first read it...as someone who loves to cook, it does stroke the ego!

As a poet himself, Mr. Meredith must have really believed in this sentiment, since the first thing he mentions 'civilized man' can live without is poetry!

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