Hunger seasons Food
. “Il nʹy a sauce que dʹappétit.”
“Lʹappétit assaisonne tout.”
“Optimum condimentum fames.” (Socrates.)
“Optimum tibi condimentum est fames, potionis sitis.” (Cicero.)
“Manet hodieque vulgo tritum proverbium: Famem efficere ut crudæ etiam fabæ saccharium sapiant.” (Erasmus.)
“La fame e il miglior intingolo.”
“Appetito non vuol salsa.”
“The full soul loatheth a honey-comb.” (Prov. xxvii. 7.)
“It must be a delicate dish to tempt the oʹergorged appetite.” (Southey.)
“He who is not hungry is a fastidious eater.” (Spanish.)
“Plenty makes dainty.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.