A hungry wolf is not at rest.
(Portuguese)
Hunger drives the wolf out
of the woods.
(English)
The wolf doesn't concern himself with
the price of a sheep.
(African-Hausa)
It is a hard winter when one
wolf eats another.
(English)
If the wolf feared rain, he would
wear a clock.
(Greek)
The wolf is not afraid of the dog,
but he hates his bark.
(Yiddish)
Do not measure the wolf's tail
till he be dead.
(Serbian)
A wolf changes his coat but
never his nature.
(Serbian)
All taken from Howl Like a Wolf: Animal Proverbs by Wolfgang Mieder.
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