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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.
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.]
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
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.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
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.]
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
