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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.]
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
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They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not
Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.
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.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what read more
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
With this there grows
In my most ill-compos'd affection such
A stanchless avarice that, were I King,
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With this there grows
In my most ill-compos'd affection such
A stanchless avarice that, were I King,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
Desire his jewels, and this other's house,
And my more-having would be as a sauce
To make me hunger more, that I should forge
Quarrels unjust against the good and loyal,
Destroying them for wealth.
