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Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known read more
Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known to Skin and Bone
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
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A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
[Lat., Nec rationem patitur, nec aequitate mitigatur nec ulla
prece flectitur, populus esuriens.]
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
