“It is a foul bird that fills his own nest”
Proverb
“It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest. -mid 13th”
English Proverb
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
William Blake
“God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests”
Danish Proverb
“You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair”
Chinese Proverbs
“There are no birds in last year's nest”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra