Success is full of promise till men get it; and then it is last year's nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher
It's but little good you'll do awatering the last year's crop. George Eliot
Do you know that there's hardly anyone left of last year's Caucasian governments? I've tried to stop it, but in vain. Yet they can't all be Trotskyites and traitors. Lavrentiy Beria
You cannot build a house for last year's summer. Ethiopian Proverb
There are no birds in last year's nest. Italian Proverb
There are no birds of this year in last year's nests. Romanian Proverb