Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
- Hungry bellies have no ears.
- Fat paunches have lean pates.
- When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
- Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
- Fair words fill not the belly.
- The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure and the fourth for madness.
- Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
- A hungry man smells meat afar off.
- To a full belly all meat is bad.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Fames pellit lupum e silvis.
Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
French
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La faim chasse le loup du bois.
Hunger drives the wolf from the woods.
German
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Der Hunger treibt den Wolf aus dem Walde.
Hunger drives the wolf out of the forest.
Czech
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Hlad žene do světa.
Hunger drives the world.
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Hlad vyžene i vlka z lesa.
Hunger will drive even a wolf out of the forest.
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Hlad naučí.
Hunger will teach.
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Hlad učí dělati.
Hunger teaches to do.