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Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.

Ben Jonson
Beast, Fats, Mischief
'Volpone' (1605) act 5, sc. 8
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.