"In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires." ― Benjamin Franklin Topic(s): Nature Tags: general, mankind, since More From Benjamin Franklin "He that lives upon hope will die fasting." "Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing." "Hunger is the best pickle." More In Nature "Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life’s work."― Thomas S. Monson "Human nature is not black and white but black and grey."― Graham Greene "We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings."― Franklin D. Roosevelt