quotations about the belly
I say, whatever you maintain
Of Alma in the heart or brain,
The plainest man alive may tell ye
Her seat of empire is the belly.
From hence she sends out those supplies
Which make us either stout or wise;
The strength of every other member
Is founded on your belly-timber.
MATTHEW PRIOR
Alma
How many men are kept busy to humor a single belly!
SENECA
Epistulae ad Lucilium
Your belly will never let your back be warm.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
The belly is not filled with fair words.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Works
The belly is like a spoiled baby; give me, give me, give me.
R. FREDERICK CAPITOLIN
Your God Is Your Belly!
The belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
Promises don't fill the belly.
C.H. SPURGEON
Ploughman's Pictures
What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the Devil's belly.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Works