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He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a read more
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
With this there grows
In my most ill-compos'd affection such
A stanchless avarice that, were I King,
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With this there grows
In my most ill-compos'd affection such
A stanchless avarice that, were I King,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
Desire his jewels, and this other's house,
And my more-having would be as a sauce
To make me hunger more, that I should forge
Quarrels unjust against the good and loyal,
Destroying them for wealth.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
