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Time destroys all things.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about things, time

The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about god, americans

A woman builds and destroys a house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, woman

The miser destroys what he collected.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

Ambition destroys its possessor.

Proverbs and old sayings about ambition

Poverty destroys all virtues.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about poverty

It destroys the craft not to learn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A weak foundation destroys the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about work

Wine mars beauty and destroys the freshness of youth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about youth, beauty, wine

That which nourishes me, destroys me.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Time builds castles, and time destroys them.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about time

Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about body, mind

Renounce a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is worms which destroy a tree, it is worry which destroys a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about worry, destruction, man