Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Horace Fletcher

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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Horace Fletcher

Horace Fletcher was an American food faddist who earned the nickname "The Great Masticator" for his argument that food should be chewed thoroughly until liquefied before swallowing: "Nature will castigate those who don't masticate." He made elaborate justifications for this claim.

1849 - 1919
Nature will castigate those who don't masticate. — © Horace Fletcher
Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.
Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all growth.
If we are wise, we never leave school.
Optimism can be prescribed and applied as a medicine, and is a remedy in proportion to its purity and the wisdom displayed in its use.
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