proVERBS

Translation:
All roads lead to Rome

Equivalent:
All roads lead to Rome

notes:
In proverbs from Muslim countries, Mecca is the city to which all roads lead

Meaning:
This suggests that it is possible to achieve the same goal by different paths

Translation:
The stone which was used often becomes non mossy (by Google Translate: to be improved shortly)

Equivalent:
A rolling stone gathers no moss

Meaning:
Always moving from place to place or job to job stops a person from accumulating much
(A proverb that is of little relevance, in these days of job insecurity and short-term work contracts)

Translation:
One swallow does not a summer make, but a lark makes the (by Google Translate: to be improved shortly)

Equivalent:
One swallow does not make a summer

notes:
In the languages of southern Europe, the equivalent proverb usually has 'spring' rather than 'summer', because migrating swallows arrive earlier there than they do in northern Europe

Meaning:
You cannot infer a general rule or norm from just a single case

Translation:
One is a guest on the first day, a burden on the second, and a plague on the third

Equivalent:
Fresh fish and new-come guests smell in three days

Meaning:
The prolonged stay of a guest cause annoyance and upset the rhythm of the house