The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. Bertrand Russell
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. Honore de Balzac
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. George Santayana
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. David Mamet
devour in French is empiffrer
devour in German is verschlingen, verschlingen, auffressen
devour in Italian is divorare
devour in Latin is edo edi essum
devour in Norwegian is sluke
devour in Spanish is devorar
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