Една лястовичка пролет не прави.
“One swallow does not make a spring.”
A single sign is not enough proof that a larger change has truly arrived.
— Traditional Bulgaria Wisdom, Bulgaria
Source: Traditional Bulgarian proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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