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My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my
provisions are not cut off, I read more
My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my
provisions are not cut off, I find no abhorring in mine appetite;
my counsels are not corrupted nor infatuated, I find no false
apprehensions to work upon mine understanding; and yet they see
that invisibly, and I feel that insensibly, the disease prevails.
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, read more
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la
soif e'en va en beuvant."]
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife read more
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to
appetite.
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
