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 Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
 By bare imagination of a feast?  
 Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
 By bare imagination of a feast? 
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
 "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."] 
 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. 
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
 Keen appetite
 And quick digestion wait on you and yours.  
 Keen appetite
 And quick digestion wait on you and yours. 
 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. 
 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. 
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.