Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio read more

I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]

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.]

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

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.]

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.