No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to …

Jules Verne
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No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand. ✨ Jules Verne (2013). Jules Verne Selected Works: 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Five Weeks in a Balloon, The Mysterious Island, p.640, Lulu Press, Inc
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