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Betty
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who said this?

Post by Betty » Sat May 17, 2008 5:27 pm

"Enough is a feast."

Does anyone know who said that? I think it's a great motto for NO S, and definitely a motto I strive towards, with my tendency to binge...
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Post by NoelFigart » Sat May 17, 2008 5:39 pm

Caroline Ingalls, Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, is quoted a few times in the later "Little House" books as saying, "Enough is as good as a feast." I suspect the saying had common currency in the 1800s in the US.
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Post by rose » Sat May 17, 2008 5:45 pm

I don't know :? But it's an interesting quote.
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Post by MissyMoo » Sat May 17, 2008 7:22 pm

Here are the earliest references I could find:

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O90-ENOUGH ... feast.html

I'd say the quote from Malory is the original, at least insofar as phrasing is concerned.
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Re: who said this?

Post by CatholicCajun » Mon May 19, 2008 1:51 pm

Betty wrote:"Enough is a feast."

Does anyone know who said that? I think it's a great motto for NO S, and definitely a motto I strive towards, with my tendency to binge...
In the last weight loss group I belonged to, the lady in the videos, said:

"ENOUGH IS THE SAME AS A FEAST"
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Post by blueskighs » Mon May 19, 2008 3:44 pm

I also like LESS IS MORE ...
got that out of 12 step literature ...
but I have always found it a good concept to meditate upon!

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Post by cornelia » Mon May 19, 2008 9:17 pm

Enough is as good as a feast means that you should not have more of something than you need. "No, thanks! No more to drink for me, I've have enough. Enough is as good as a feast." It's really a pretty good note to keep in your head when you know you are eating more than you really want. I do it all the time. I just need to tell myself....ENOUGH!!!
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