More Spanish Proverbs
Fox's broth, cold and scalding....
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They may whip me in the market-place, so it be not known at home....
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The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive....
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Sunday's wooing draws to ruin....
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Stealing would be a nice thing, if thieves were hanged by the girdle....
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Other Proverbs
He fishes well who uses a golden hook...
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A fall into a ditch makes you wiser....
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Nip the briar in the bud....
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Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason....
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Every one takes his flogging in his own way....
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Such awkward things will happen as going into the great square and coming back without ears.
- Spanish Proverb