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Talk doesn't fill the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You must empty a box before you fill it again.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A smokey cabin, a handful of spuds and a flea-filled bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Humor to a man is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about humor, man

Moderate profits fill the purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who blows dust fills his eyes with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about eyes

The poorhouse is filled with honest people.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people

February fill dyke, be it black or be it white.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about magic

Water will always take the form of the vase it fills.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about water

Bought things do not fill the granary.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Empty words will not fill an empty stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is a foul bird that fills his own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Promises must not fill the place of gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about gifts

Promised berries will not fill the basket.

Proverbs and old sayings

Words do not fill your purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian

Ambition never has it's fill.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about ambition

One lie can fill a sack; a second will empty it again.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

A house full of people is filled with different points of view.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people

A snake which escapes fills a basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian