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Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known read more
Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known to Skin and Bone
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
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.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
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.
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.]
