114 Maltese Proverbs
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A cry and a sniff, and all comes to naught.2.
A cry, a sniff, and all comes to naught.3.
A cup must be bitter that a smile will not sweeten.4.
A good mule can be sold in his own territory.5.
A handful of dust, four capitals and shit on all i possessed.6.
A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance.7.
A lovely girl attracts attention by her good looks, an ugly girl by the help of a mirror.8.
A man and a sheaf of straw make two.9.
A man's heart is a forest.10.
A neck without a head, buttocks without a hole and a girl without shame are not worth admiring or marrying.11.
A woman can raise you to heaven and can dump you in hell.12.
A woman has even cheated the devil.13.
A woman has got seven souls.14.
A woman is like a lemon; you squeeze her and throw her away.15.
A woman who does not understand by a look of the eye won't understand by a box of the fist.16.
A womans tongue cracks bones.17.
After bad weather comes fine weather.18.
After taking ninety-nine years to climb a stairway, the tortoise falls and says there is a curse on haste.19.
All is well that ends well.20.
An oven whose door does not shut does not bake its loaves.