One cannot make soup out of beauty.
More Estonian Proverbs:
A much-used plow shines; stagnant waters stink.Estonian
There is no room for two kings in one castle.
Estonian
Give good and get good.
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If the bread in the oven is a failure you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure you lose a year; if marriage is a failure then you lose a life.
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The town is new every day.
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The old man looks death in the eye, the young man keeps him behind his back.
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