The weather vane will not work without wind.
More Maltese Proverbs:
Malta would be a nice place, if every knight were a tree.Maltese
Your soul to God, your body to dust, your property to your relatives, because thus it has been found written.
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After taking ninety-nine years to climb a stairway, the tortoise falls and says there is a curse on haste.
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Only fools and horses work.
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A man and a sheaf of straw make two.
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An oven whose door does not shut does not bake its loaves.
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