quotations about the belly
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 carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.
UNKNOWN
MS. Proverbs
What comedy, what actor is better than a disappointed belly?
JUVENAL
Satires
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Polite Conversation
What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the Devil's belly.
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
Works
The belly is like a spoiled baby; give me, give me, give me.
R. FREDERICK CAPITOLIN
Your God Is Your Belly!
How many men are kept busy to humor a single belly!
SENECA
Epistulae ad Lucilium