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Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
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.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
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.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
