quotations about the belly
What avails it us to have our bellies full of meat if it be not digested?
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Essays
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
SAADI
attributed, Wise Old Sayings
When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.
UNKNOWN
MS. Proverbs
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
A gross belly does not produce a refined mind.
ST. JEROME
attributed, The Home Book of Quotations
The belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote