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 Read o'er this
 And after, this, and then to breakfast with
  What appetite you have.  
 Read o'er this
 And after, this, and then to breakfast with
  What appetite you have. 
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times
A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times
 Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin
 Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.  
 Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin
 Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. 
Young children and chickens would ever be eating.
Young children and chickens would ever be eating.
 And gazed around them to the left and right
 With the prophetic eye of appetite.  
 And gazed around them to the left and right
 With the prophetic eye of appetite. 
 Epicurean cooks
 Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
  That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
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 Epicurean cooks
 Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
  That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
   Evan till a Lethe'd dulness-- 
 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 
is before thee:
 And put a knife read more 
 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 
is before thee:
 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to 
appetite. 
 But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his 
youth that he cannot endure in read more 
 But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his 
youth that he cannot endure in his age.