quotations about the belly
What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the Devil's belly.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Works
Promises don't fill the belly.
C.H. SPURGEON
Ploughman's Pictures
What comedy, what actor is better than a disappointed belly?
JUVENAL
Satires
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
SAADI
attributed, Wise Old Sayings
The belly is like a spoiled baby; give me, give me, give me.
R. FREDERICK CAPITOLIN
Your God Is Your Belly!
The belly is not filled with fair words.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Works
When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.
UNKNOWN
MS. Proverbs
How many men are kept busy to humor a single belly!
SENECA
Epistulae ad Lucilium