A falta de pan, buenas son tortas.
“Lacking bread, cakes will do.”
When you cannot have what you want, make the best of an available alternative.
— Traditional Venezuela Wisdom, Venezuela
Source: Traditional Venezuelan/Spanish proverb, shared Hispanic oral tradition, public-domain
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