Gluttony is sometimes nothing but epicurism, and religion does not forbid that sin; for in good company it is held a valuable quality; besides, it blends itself with appetite, and so much the worse for those who die of indigestion.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
He will find, moreover, a system of simple diet to be a system of perfect epicurism.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III"
Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.
The recipes may be thought extravagant in these late hard times-though epicurism has changed rather than vanished.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby