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Visitors' footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about medicine

When you are poor, you will have no visitors even if you live in a crowded city; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visitors from alleged relatives even if you live in a remote location.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about city, contentment, wealth

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about purpose, home, time, love

If you want visitors then you leave your front door open.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Fish and visitors smell after three days.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about day, fishing, americans

The busy man has few idle visitors: to the boiling pot the flies come not.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

In the planting season visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about season, time

If at home you receive no visitors, then abroad you will have no host.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, contentment

When visitors come a wi fireside, wi mek wi pot smell nice.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive, the meal will be over.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about end, food

An infertile woman gets a lot of visitors.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about woman

A man accused of stealing a goat should not entertain his visitors with goats meat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about thieves, man