More Spanish Proverbs

When the flatterer pipes, the devil dances.... >>

A good paymaster is keeper of other men's purses.... >>

If you eat it up at supper, you cannot have it for breakfast.... >>

He who does not speak, God does not hear.... >>

It is not the load but the overload that kills.... >>

Other Proverbs

The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.... (French) >>

Be Prepare... (Latin) >>

He fishes well who uses a golden hook... (Greek) >>

Use soft words and hard arguments... (Chinese) >>

An eel escapes from a good fisherman.... (French) >>

Tell it her once, and the devil will tell it her ten times.

- Spanish Proverb