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I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

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Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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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.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]

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Oliver Twist has asked for more.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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