Hunger

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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Hunger Perspective

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

395 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Paulinus. c. 395, sect. 2.

No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what you may call principles, they are less than chaff in a breeze.

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Topic

Hunger and desperation Hunger

Author

Joseph Conrad

Source

Heart of Darkness

Medium

Novella

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 2.

Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.

Tom Joad

The Grapes of Wrath

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Topic

Fighting for justice Poverty Hunger

Speaker

Tom Joad

Actor

Henry Fonda

Source

The Grapes of Wrath

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

The Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford. 20th Century Fox, 1940.

Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Topic

Hunger Causes of crime Crime Moral theory Morality

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight.

Sir John Suckling

Fragmenta Aurea

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Topic

Appetite Hunger

Author

Sir John Suckling

Source

Fragmenta Aurea

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1641 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Suckling, John, Sir. Fragmenta Aurea. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1646, sonnet 2, stanza 3.