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They found that even the Belly, in its dull quiet way, was doing necessary work for the Body, and that all must work together or the Body will go to pieces.—AESOP, The Belly and the Members
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Every investigation which is guided by the principles of nature
fixes its ultimate aim upon gratifying the stomach.—ATHENAEUS, Deipnosophists
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The belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.—CERVANTES, Don Quixote
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I can reason down or deny everything except this perpetual belly feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.—EMERSON, Representative Men
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A full belly makes a dull brain.—FRANKLIN, Poor Richard
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The belly is the commanding part of the body.—HOMER
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Do not mourn the dead with the belly.—HOMER
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He who does not mind hi belly will hardly mind anything else.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life
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He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.—CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE,
A Visit from St. Nicholas
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An empty belly hears nobody.—Proverb
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The belly robs the back.—Proverb
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A gross belly does not produce a refined mind.—Proverb
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If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.—Proverb
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The vilest of beasts is the belly.—Proverb
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The eye is bigger than the belly.—Proverb
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When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.—Proverb
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No clock is more regular than the Belly.—RABELAIS
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A bellyfull is a bellyfull.—RABELAIS
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The belly will not listen to advice.—SENECA, Epistulae ad Lucilium
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In fair round belly with good capon lined.—SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It
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My belly's as cold as if I had swallowed snowballs for pills.—SHAKESPEARE, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Who wears his wit in his belly and his guts in his head.—SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida
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Did you ever hear of a heroine with a big belly?—SIR RICHARD STEELE
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Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.—SWIFT, Polite Conversation
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When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.—SWIFT, Polite Conversation
