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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.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
