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Little by little, the bird builds her nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It is easier to demolish a house than to build one.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home, house

To preserve friendship one must build walls.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about friendship

He who builds by the roadside has many surveyors.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who builds on another's ground loses his stone and mortar.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Don't build the bungalow on an inch of ground.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is easier to pull down than to build up.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

They build houses but shall not inhabit them.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about wine, man

Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about wine, man

When building a house, don't measure the timbers in the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about measure, home, house

With money you can build a road in the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about money

Where there are trees there are no builders.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

He who wants to build high must dig deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

If you want to build high, you must dig deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

For he who builds his casbah out of halava; beware the nibblers.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

A pot that build attracts the cook.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

A single man can not build a house.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home, house, man

You cannot build a wall with one stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

We use to live and spill tears, now we live and build happiness.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about tears, happiness, use