The good die first: And those, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket.
More Maltese Proverbs:
After taking ninety-nine years to climb a stairway, the tortoise falls and says there is a curse on haste.Maltese
When it's raining and the sun shines -- then a Turk is born.
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Malta would be a nice place, if every knight were a tree.
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The wagtail hops and flaps its wings, but the male dove feeds and coos.
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The world is nonsense: what looks beautiful in the morning looks ugly in the evening.
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A cry, a sniff, and all comes to naught.
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