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Quotation from The History of Rome, Books I-V by Livy (Titus Livius)
“Thence it became apparent that the service of the belly was by no means a slothful one; that it did not so much receive nourishment as supply it”
The History of Rome, Books I-V, Book II, ch. 32, trans. D. Spillan (1853)
The moral of the fable told to the plebeians on the Sacred Mount: the limbs that starved the belly starved themselves.
Citation: "Thence it became apparent that the service of the belly was by no means a slothful one; that it did not so much receive nourishment as supply it" — Livy (Titus Livius), The History of Rome, Books I-V, Book II, ch. 32, trans. D. Spillan (1853). (id livy-history-of-rome-books-i-v-q5)
Portrait: Portret van Titus Livius, RP-P-OB-105.256, Unknown engraver, CC0.
