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If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about food

The end justifies the means

Proverbs and old sayings British about end, old, olderness

True love means what's mine is yours.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about love

When weeds invade the land, it means the owner is absent.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about absent

If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about danger

The union of means triumphs over the lion

Proverbs and old sayings Algerian about union

Anytime means no time.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about time, americans

A dirty floor means a busy stove.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Judge a Dutchman by what he means, not by what he says.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about judges, americans

Philosophy means being able to explain why you are happy when you are poor.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about philosophy, happiness, being, americans

To despise the ox means to despise also a strip of hide from it.

Proverbs and old sayings

If a man gives you a basket to carry water, it means that he hates you.

Proverbs and old sayings about water, man

He who wills the end, wills the means.

Proverbs and old sayings British about end

After all, harming others means you first harm yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about essential, influence, conversation

A guest will not know what fasting means.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about fasting

Live according to your means.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A man does not always aim at what he means to hit.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

The purpose sanctifies the means.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about purpose