You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.
More Maltese Proverbs:
When a miser dies, the heirs feel as happy as when they kill a pig.Maltese
Only death is certain.
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Death rights everything.
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A lovely girl attracts attention by her good looks, an ugly girl by the help of a mirror.
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Mountain does not meet mountain, but a face meets another face.
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The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.
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