114 Maltese Proverbs / Page 5
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The good die young.82.
The law is not made for the rich.83.
The one who has had no experience of evil cannot know the worth of what is good.84.
The person who thinks about his own grief forgets about the grief of others.85.
The seller has one eye, the buyer, one hundred.86.
The wagtail hops and flaps its wings, but the male dove feeds and coos.87.
The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.88.
The weather vane will not work without wind.89.
The world is a wheel and men are the fellowes, and the devil prowling around spins.90.
The world is nonsense: what looks beautiful in the morning looks ugly in the evening.91.
The world is nonsense: what looks beautiful in the morning looks ugly in the evening.92.
The world teaches you more than your task-master.93.
There is no rose without thorns.94.
Time gives good advice.95.
Today me, tomorrow you.96.
Today you; tomorrow me.97.
We are all equal before death.98.
We are all flesh and blood.99.
What was is no more, what if is just if.100.
Whatsoever a new bride touches is fragrant.