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Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
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They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not
Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.
If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.
If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.
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.]
A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
