There is no love sincerer than the love of food.[1]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Shaw humorously elevates the love of food above all other forms of love.
- In plain terms
- Loving food is the most sincere kind of love.
- What can you take from it?
- Simple pleasures often reveal true feelings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the sincerest love?
- Is hunger truth?
Another view
It reduces the complexity of human love to biological needs.
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