“Passion in man is generally co-existent with a hankering after the pleasures of the palate.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Fragment from Gandhi's Autobiography ('Passion in man is generally co-existent with a hankering after the pleasures of the palate'); candidate is cut off mid-sentence.
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Craving for food and stronger appetites tend to feed each other, so a person overrun by one is often loose with the other. The practical upshot: reining in what and how much you eat becomes a lever on desires that seem to have nothing to do with the table.
When to use it
- A student cuts late-night snacking and finds his restless, distracted urges quiet down too.
- Someone working on a short temper notices that overeating and short fuses show up on the same days.
- Trading rich meals for plainer ones leaves an athlete steadier and less ruled by impulse.