Man does not live by bread alone

Cultural  

1. People have spiritual as well as physical needs. In the Bible (see also Bible), these words are spoken by Moses to the Israelites in the Exodus; they are also used by Jesus in disputing with Satan.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Man does not live by bread alone

Man does not live by bread alone; even if we no longer required any wood we should still demand the forest.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

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 W. Riley

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

Of this it was said: "Man does not live by bread alone."

From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori

Man does not live by bread alone; he lives by imagination, and by religious powers.

From The Warriors by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay