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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.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
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.]
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If read more
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
