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The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
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.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
