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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.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
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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.]
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.]
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.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
