Man does not live by bread alone
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Of this it was said: "Man does not live by bread alone."
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria
Man does not live by bread alone, nor by painting miniatures and designing book illustrations, and I am determined to live and not just exist, and I have lived during these twelve months.
From Windyridge by Riley, W.
Man does not live by bread alone; he lives by imagination, and by religious powers.
From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown
Man does not live by bread alone; but he cannot live without bread.
From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest
Man does not live by bread alone, and science brings him more than bread.
From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
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