Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

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.

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

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I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
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They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not
Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.

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.