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Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
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.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
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.]
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
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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.]
