{"quotes":[{"text":"A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","compassion","compassionate","deep","dictum","dictums","dustbin","dustbins","eat","eating","epigram","epigrams","food","garbage","garbage-can","garbage-cans","gnome","gnomes","hobo","hobos","homeless","humor","humour","insightful","leftovers","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","meal","meals","philanthropist","philanthropists","philanthropy","pity","poor","portion","poverty","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","rich","satire","satirical","saying","sayings","sincere","sincerity","sympathetic","sympathy","thought-provoking","thoughtful","trash","trash-can","trash-cans","truly"],"id":26095,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.","author":"Calvin Trillin","tags":["cooking","food","humor","leftovers","mothers"],"id":51799,"author_id":"Calvin+Trillin"},{"text":"Leftovers are less tasty if they were left over by someone else, unless you are poor.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["appetizing","delicious","finger-licking","flavorful","flavourful","food","leftovers","mouthwatering","palatable","poor","poverty","poverty-stricken","scrumptious","starvation","starve","tasty","toothsome","yummy"],"id":437347,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"...True love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ...","author":"John Geddes","tags":["heart","irrevocable","leftovers","love","true-love","wise-words"],"id":462231,"author_id":"John+Geddes"},{"text":"I unwrapped my love for her like one might unwrap leftovers. Gotta eat up the old stuff first, as a cannibal might say in a retirement home.","author":"Dark Jar Tin Zoo","tags":["absurd","age","cannibal","cannibalism","death","food","funny","humor","leftovers","life","love","nonsense","old-age","relationships","retirement","retirement-home","time"],"id":467897,"author_id":"Dark+Jar+Tin+Zoo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}