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Build a golden bridge for the fleeing enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings French about enemies

Building castles in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings German about air

Build golden bridges for the flying foe.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Build but one nest in one tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Build with silver and cover with gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Building and marrying of children are great wasters.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about children

Building the fence, when the cows are all stole.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

Men build houses; women build homes.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, god

Many who build castles in the air cannot build a hut on earth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about air, earth

Who builds on the mob builds on sand.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who builds upon the people, builds upon sand.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people

He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house

If you cannot build a town, build a heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about city, heart

If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about change, home, house

If you are building something and a nail breaks, should you stop building altogether, or should you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

A chattering bird builds no nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian

He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice, home, house, man

Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about life, home, house

It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time, day