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Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
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.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
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.
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.]
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
