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Both cold and hunger make the mouth quiver.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about hunger

When the fields are flooded you'll have hunger, when they're snow covered there'll be plenty to eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about hunger, contentment

Plenty sits still, hunger is a wanderer.

Proverbs and old sayings about wanderer, hunger

The drums of war are the drums of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger, war

It is hunger that killed the man with many wives.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger, man

A man that is lean, not from hunger, is harder than brass.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hunger, man

Extreme hunger will cause a person to break through a stone wall and steal.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger, people

A satiated man doesn't know what's hunger, a healthy man doesn't know what's disease.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about hunger, man

The cold strengthens you more than hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hunger, contentment

When hunger gets inside you, nothing else can.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about hunger, nothing, contentment

He who is not beaten by the sun or the rain, will eventually be beaten by the hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunger, rain, sun

An abundance of food at your neighbour's will not satisfy your hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger, food

One's skills are his inexhaustible treasure keeping him from hunger wherever he goes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about treasure, hunger

If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about suffering, hunger, children, life, contentment

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fishing, hunger, life, day

Who celebrates all holidays will face all hungers.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about holidays, face

The fox that waits until the chicken falls from the perch dies from hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about hunger

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck

Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night

When the soul hungers, even bitter things taste sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bitter, soul, things