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Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
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.]
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
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.
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.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
