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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.]

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Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear
to them except in the form of read more

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear
to them except in the form of bread.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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They that die by famine die by inches.

They that die by famine die by inches.

by Matthew (mathew) Henry Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what read more

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

by Bob Geldof Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known read more

Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known to Skin and Bone
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.

by John Byrom Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]

Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]

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I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how read more

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

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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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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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