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Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
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.
Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]
Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]
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 sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
