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Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
[Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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.
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.
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.
They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
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They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not
Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
