Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
- 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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Malesuada fames.
Translation
Hunger is a bad counsellor.
French
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La susceptibilité est interdite aux malheureux.
Susceptibility is forbidden to the unfortunate.
German
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Armut hat keine Scham.
Poverty has no shame.
Czech
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Hlad se šibenice nebojí.
Hunger is not afraid of the gallows.
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Hlad je nestyda.
Hunger is shameless.