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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.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear
to them except in the form of read more
There are people in the world so hungry, 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.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
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.
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.
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.