Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist, philosopher and satirist

“Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well-prepared soup was not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war.” (From Notebook A (1765-1770), part of “Aphorisms (1765-1799),” translated by R.J. Hollingdale)

July 1, 1742-Feb. 24, 1799