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Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
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.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
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.
A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
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.]
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.
