Starve

Famous quotes containing the word starve:

“In vain we lavish out our lives,
To gather empty wind;
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

“Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“Up to her godly garret after sev’n,
There starve and pray, for that’s the way to heav’n.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)