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Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
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.
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.]
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If read more
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
