The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.

The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

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.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

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.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

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.]

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.