He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.


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Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience
SPANISH PROVERB
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
SPANISH PROVERB
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
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It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. -Spanish proverb.
SPANISH PROVERB
Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.
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Guests and fish start to stink after two days.
SPANISH PROVERB
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
SPANISH PROVERB
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
SPANISH PROVERB
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
SPANISH PROVERB
Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel
SPANISH PROVERB
What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.
SPANISH PROVERB
Only God helps the badly dressed.
SPANISH PROVERB
Defend me, God, from myself
SPANISH PROVERB
A pig bought on credit is forever grunting.
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Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
SPANISH PROVERB
Pray to God, but hammer away.
SPANISH PROVERB
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
SPANISH PROVERB
Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
SPANISH PROVERB
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
SPANISH PROVERB
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
SPANISH PROVERB
Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.
SPANISH PROVERB
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
SPANISH PROVERB
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
SPANISH PROVERB
Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
SPANISH PROVERB
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
SPANISH PROVERB
He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
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Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
SPANISH PROVERB
Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.
SPANISH PROVERB
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
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SPANISH PROVERB
There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
SPANISH PROVERB
Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow
SPANISH PROVERB
If you keep your mouth shut, the flies won't get in
SPANISH PROVERB
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is undergr...
SPANISH PROVERB
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
SPANISH PROVERB
What is not yours always chirps for its master.
SPANISH PROVERB
He who denies all confesses all
SPANISH PROVERB
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools
SPANISH PROVERB
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we get
SPANISH PROVERB
Even the best writer has to erase
SPANISH PROVERB
Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
SPANISH PROVERB
Every man is a fool in some man's opinion
SPANISH PROVERB
Too much breaks the bag
SPANISH PROVERB
Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers
SPANISH PROVERB
When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.
SPANISH PROVERB
Three Spaniards, four opinions
SPANISH PROVERB
Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.
SPANISH PROVERB
Lovers always think that other people are blind
SPANISH PROVERB
Take away the motive, and the sin is taken away
SPANISH PROVERB
Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.
SPANISH PROVERB
Two cannot fall out if one does not choose
SPANISH PROVERB
A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling.
SPANISH PROVERB
Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack
SPANISH PROVERB
I wept when I was born and every day explains why
SPANISH PROVERB
He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like
SPANISH PROVERB
He who steals once is always a thief
SPANISH PROVERB
It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring
SPANISH PROVERB
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody
SPANISH PROVERB
He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spir...
SPANISH PROVERB
A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills
SPANISH PROVERB
Like a parakeet, that says what he knows but doesn't know what he says
SPANISH PROVERB
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
SPANISH PROVERB
What one does, one becomes
SPANISH PROVERB
Chins without beards deserve no honor.
SPANISH PROVERB
If you cannot be chaste, be cautious
SPANISH PROVERB
The dearest child of all is the dead one
SPANISH PROVERB
Who knows most speaks least
SPANISH PROVERB
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
SPANISH PROVERB
Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested, not all enemies exposed and denounced
SPANISH PROVERB
He will never worship well the image on the altar who knew it when it was a trunk of wood in the gar...
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Through not spending enough we spend too much
SPANISH PROVERB
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel
SPANISH PROVERB
Every one is wise when the mischief is done.
SPANISH PROVERB
He who is feared gets more than his own.
SPANISH PROVERB
Communism is a cow of many; well milked and badly fed.
SPANISH PROVERB
Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice
SPANISH PROVERB
Three helping one another will do as much as six men singly
SPANISH PROVERB
The mother who spoils her child, fattens a serpent
SPANISH PROVERB
He that will not when he can, cannot when he will.
SPANISH PROVERB
With bread and wine you can walk your road
SPANISH PROVERB
He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes
SPANISH PROVERB
It is good to have friends, even in hell
SPANISH PROVERB
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest
SPANISH PROVERB
A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled
SPANISH PROVERB
If you want to marry wisely, marry your equal
SPANISH PROVERB
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing
SPANISH PROVERB
Knowledge without sense is twofold folly
SPANISH PROVERB
What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody
SPANISH PROVERB
If I die, I forgive you. If I live we shall see.
SPANISH PROVERB
A pig bought on credit is forever grunting
SPANISH PROVERB
Where there is love there is pain
SPANISH PROVERB
Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best
SPANISH PROVERB
Who has a trade may go anywhere.
SPANISH PROVERB
He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles
SPANISH PROVERB
Don't offer me advice; give me money.
SPANISH PROVERB
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap
SPANISH PROVERB
God delays but doesn't forget
SPANISH PROVERB
To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance
SPANISH PROVERB
It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance
SPANISH PROVERB
If love be timid it is not true
SPANISH PROVERB
Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee.
SPANISH PROVERB
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward
SPANISH PROVERB
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
SPANISH PROVERB
A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
SPANISH PROVERB
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it
SPANISH PROVERB
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
SPANISH PROVERB
If you want good service, serve yourself
SPANISH PROVERB
Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool
SPANISH PROVERB
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week
SPANISH PROVERB
Losers are always in the wrong
SPANISH PROVERB
The day you marry, it is either kill or cure.
SPANISH PROVERB
When a fool has made up his mind the market has gone by
SPANISH PROVERB
He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spir...
SPANISH MAXIM
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PROVERB
To know and not to do is not to know
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
PROVERB
The time to make friends is before you need them.
PROVERB
Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
PROVERB
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
PROVERB
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
PROVERB
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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From small beginnings come great things.
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Some will, some don't, so what!
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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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Try and trust will move mountains.
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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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All sins cast long shadows.
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Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Silence implies consent.
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Shame is worse than death.
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God likes help when helping people.
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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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Attack is the best form of defense.
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Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB
A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB
When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB
It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB
Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
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Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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PROVERB
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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A good speaker makes a good liar.
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Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
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When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB
Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB
The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB
Speak little and to the purpose.
PROVERB
Speak and the man shall be shown.
PROVERB
The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
PROVERB
A little body often harbors a great soul.
PROVERB
Life without a friend is death without a witness.
PROVERB
The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know h...
PROVERB
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
PROVERB
What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
PROVERB
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
PROVERB
Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
PROVERB
He has hard work who has nothing to do.
PROVERB
How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
PROVERB
Rest breeds rust.
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The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
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If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of...
PROVERB
Respect starts with yourself.
PROVERB
He who is near the Church is often far from God.
PROVERB
Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
PROVERB
An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
PROVERB
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB
Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
PROVERB
Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
PROVERB
Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
PROVERB
By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
PROVERB
The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
PROVERB
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
PROVERB
A wicked book cannot repent.
PROVERB
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
PROVERB
Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
PROVERB
Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
PROVERB
He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB
There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
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Live to live and you will learn to live.
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Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
PROVERB
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
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What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
PROVERB
Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
PROVERB
He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
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