Spanish proverb Quotes and Quotations
From a fallen tree, all make kindling. You can't have more bugs than a blanketful. Don't offer me advice, give me money. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you. No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken. How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. To the good listener half a word is enough. Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free. Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year. Where there is love, there is pain. Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster keeps still. Three Spaniards, four opinions. Ownership is to fear (tener es temer) A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. When fire and water are at war it is the fire that loses. If I die, I forgive you: if I recover, we shall see. When three people call you an ass, put on a bridle. Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. Unshared joy is an unlighted candle. If there's no bread, cakes are very good. Life without a friend is death without a witness. Flattery makes friends, truth enemies. Friends and wine should be old. It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. God delays, but doesn't forget. God delays, but doesn't forget. Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement. The greyhound that starts many hares kills none. If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else. He who fears death cannot enjoy life. You can't catch trout with dry breeches. Talking is easy, action difficult. You can't catch trout with dry breeches. You can't ring the bells and, at the same time, walk in the procession. He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes. If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. From a fallen tree, make kindling. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it. Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die"; black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee."
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