Beggars can’t be choosers.
John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
14th Century French Proverb
Hunger is the best sauce.
French Proverb
Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach.
German (on food and hunger)
No clock is more regular than the belly.
French (on food and hunger)
Plenty sits still, hunger is a wanderer.
Zulu (South African)
Poverty breeds discontent.
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What good is honor when you are starving.
Yiddish (on food and hunger)