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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.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
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.
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.]
If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.
If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
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.
