More Spanish Proverbs

God take you, pound (of flax), drunk out and not yet spun.... >>

What is mine is my own; my brother Juan's is his and mine.... >>

Renounce the devil, and thou shalt wear a shabby coat.... >>

The father of a saint, the son of a sinner.... >>

The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinners.... >>

Other Proverbs

Whoredom and grace ne'er dwelt in one place.... (English) >>

A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are... (French) >>

A man is as old as he feels himself to be... (English) >>

He that eats of the king's goose shall be choked with feathe... (English) >>

To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature by art.... (Latin) >>

Serve a lord and you'll know what is grief.

- Spanish Proverb