The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
About this proverb
- Attributed to
- Yoruba proverb
- Culture / tradition
- Yoruba
- Published in
- Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous
- Attribution status
- As published
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