Illustration from Edward Willet's Cats Cradle: Rhymes for Children (1881)
"Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food." -- Nicolas Chamfort, Maximes et Pensées (ca. 1760-1790)
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