Starve

Famous quotes containing the word starve:

“If you are going into that line,—going to besiege the city of God,—you must not only be strong in engines, but prepared with provisions to starve out the garrison.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“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)

“To starve to death is a small thing, but to lose one’s integrity is a great one.”
—Chinese proverb.