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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.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
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.]
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.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
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.
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.
