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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.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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 knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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.]
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.
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.]
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
