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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.]
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.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
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.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
