One swallow does not a summer make
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One swallow does not a summer make is a proverb. It stems from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and there it reads "Μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ".
It comes from the Aesop's fable "The Young Man and the Swallow".
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Latin
Una hirundo non facit ver.
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French
Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.
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Dutch
Één zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer (variant: Eén zwaluw maakt de lente niet)
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