The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

所有生物中最强烈的欲望是欲望和饥饿;第一种是不断地呼唤他们繁衍自己的同类,而后者则是保护自己。

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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

爱生长。欲望因享受而浪费,原因是,一个来自灵魂的结合,另一个来自感觉的结合。

It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.

与其忍饥挨饿,不如高价买进。

For a good appetite there is no hard bread.

要有好胃口,没有硬面包。

An empty belly hears nobody.

空肚子听不见。

Appetite comes with eating.

食欲来自于吃。