За гладния хляб и земята е наистина хляб.
“For the hungry, even the ground is bread.”
Desperate need makes people find sustenance and hope in the most unlikely places.
— Traditional Bulgaria Wisdom, Bulgaria
Source: Traditional Bulgarian proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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