The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A bellyful is a bellyful. (French)
A full belly brings forth every evil. (Poor Richard)
A full belly counsels well. (French)
A full belly dances better than a fine coat. (Danish)
A full belly is neither good for flight, nor for fighting. (Spanish)
A full belly sets a man to dance. (French)
A full belly, a cheerful mind. (German)
A fat belly does not produce a refined mind. (Danish)
Don’t make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly. (French)
First the belly, then the collar. (German)
Full stomach, happy heart. (Mexican)
If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold. (Poor Richard)
Ill befalls the belly that forgets eaten bread. (Portuguese)
Let their bellies be full, for it is they that carry the legs. (Portuguese)
Neither an ocean nor a large belly can ever be filled. (Unknown)
Ten men, ten bellies. (Japanese)
The belly gives no credit. (Danish)
The belly is a bad advisor. (German)
The belly is a pot that’s difficult to fill. (Unknown)
The belly is the giver of genius [i.e., poverty inspires genius]. (Roman)
The belly overrules the head. (French)
The belly robs the back. (French)
The belly warm, the foot at rest. (Portuguese)
The epicure puts his purse into his belly. (Spanish)
The full belly does not believe in hunger. (Italian)
There may be snow on the roof, but there’s fire in the belly. (Russian)
You cannot reason with a hungry belly – it has no ears. (Greek)
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