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The ends justify the means.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about end

To promise much means giving little.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about promise

Would you have me serve you, good king, give me the means of living.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

He who make more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

He that promises too much means nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about nothing

Use the means, and God will give the blessing.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about use, god

For a poor man, to prepare for a trip means belt himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man

Toom ruse means empty praise.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about praise

I ken by your half-tale what your hale tale means.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fairy tales

A dry January means a filled hayloft.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A snowy year, means a good year for grain.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck

If you want a celebration provide the means.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

One who lives within his means can be said to be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth

A bountiful pear harvest means shortages of everything else.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A red sky means either water or wind; if it doesn't rain, it will be fair weather.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather, rain, sky, water

A sheep's wool sky means wind's to follow, either a Levant or a West wind or a Sirocco.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sky

An evening rainbow means good weather in the morning, a rainbow in the morning fills wells and fountains.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather, good, good luck

Moses does not play because he has not the means.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

One kisses the child and means the nurse.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about kiss, children

When a merchant talks about sheep he means the hide.

Proverbs and old sayings Swiss
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