More Spanish Proverbs
A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out....
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Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself....
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By the street of "By-and-By" one arrives at the house of "Never."...
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An oak is not felled at one stroke....
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He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face....
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Other Proverbs
Religious contention is the devil's harvest....
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It is better to bend than break....
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Where there's smoke, there's fire....
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A good dog never barks at fault....
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Half the truth is often a whole lie....
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Seven is company, and nine confusion. (Alluding to a dinner party.)
- Spanish Proverb