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Bought things do not fill the granary.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Empty words will not fill an empty stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

Promises must not fill the place of gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about gifts

Promised berries will not fill the basket.

Proverbs and old sayings

Words do not fill your purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about word

Ambition never has it's fill.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about ambition

One lie can fill a sack; a second will empty it again.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Saints don't fill the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about saints

Martha sings well when she has had her fill.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Good words fill not a sack.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about word, good, good luck

Fair words fill not the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about word

It is easier to fill 20 bellies than one pair of the eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about eyes

It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about eyes

He that loves the law will get his fill of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about law

He that loves law will soon get his fill of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about law

Your head will never fill your father's bonnet.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

Gie a bairn his will, and a whelp its fill, and nane o' them will e'er do weel.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Pears, fill the chest; prunes, eat one.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Prune the vines on the January moon if you want to fill the casks.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moon, contentment

The laying hen says: give me feed to fill my beak and I'll give you eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment