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Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what read more
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.
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.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
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.
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.]
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
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.]