What lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself?
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What lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself?
Age lasts; youth devours.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about youth, age, olderness, americans
Death devours lambs as well as sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about death, americans
It must be a hard winter when one wolf devours another.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
On a small pretence the wolf devours the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth, devil
A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A bitter heart devours its owner.
Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, heart
Old age devours your youth.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about olderness, youth, age, old
Time devours all things.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about things, time
He who devours his neighbour's fowl, its foot prints will give him away.
Proverbs and old sayings
Whilst the dogs are growling at each other the wolf devours the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings French
