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Man does not live by bread alone

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  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.


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Man does not live by bread alone; he lives by Faith, Hope, and Love, and the first of these was Faith.

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton

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, and science brings him more than bread.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various

Man does not live by bread alone; but he cannot live without bread.

From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan

It is long since we were told that Man does not live by bread alone.

From The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin by John Fiske

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