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Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
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.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
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.]
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
