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An hour may destroy what an age was building.

Proverbs and old sayings English about destruction, age, olderness

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

He who builds by the roadside has many masters.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Where god builds a church, the devil will build a chapel.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil, god

It's difficult to build a boat plank against the wave.

Proverbs and old sayings

He that repairs not a part, builds all.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Little by little the bird builds its nest.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Communities begin by building their kitchen.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Catch the bird before you build a cage.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian

Fools build houses, wise men buy them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, man

He who builds by the road-side has many masters.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade

He who builds on the public way, must let the people have their say.

Proverbs and old sayings German about public, people

If the building of a nest were easy, would the little apatipers bird roost in the fork of a tree?

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The man who builds his own throne rules over a desert.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean about rules, man

He builds castles in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about air

It is easier to destroy than to build.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about destruction

You can't build a barrel round a bung hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Don't build the sty until the litter comes.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish