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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
 Who riseth from a feast
 With that keen appetite that he sits down?  
 Who riseth from a feast
 With that keen appetite that he sits down? 
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.  
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness. 
 His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
 Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.  
 His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
 Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook. 
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
 And through the hall there walked to and fro
 A jolly yeoman, marshall of the same,
  Whose read more 
 And through the hall there walked to and fro
 A jolly yeoman, marshall of the same,
  Whose name was Appetite; he did bestow
   Both guestes and meate, whenever in they came,
    And knew them how to order without blame. 
 "Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs 
with drinking."
 [Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, read more 
 "Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs 
with drinking."
 [Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la 
soif e'en va en beuvant."] 
 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. 
 My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while 
it satiates.
 [It., L'anima mia gustava di read more 
 My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while 
it satiates.
 [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,
  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]