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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.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
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.
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.]
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
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.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
