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Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
[Lat., read more
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
[Lat., Nec rationem patitur, nec aequitate mitigatur nec ulla
prece flectitur, populus esuriens.]
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.
I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio read more
I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
