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    Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

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I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

I suspect that hunger was my mother.
[Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.]

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Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Oliver Twist has asked for more.

Oliver Twist has asked for more.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]

Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]

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So hungry I could eat a horse

So hungry I could eat a horse

by Proverb Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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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.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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