More Spanish Proverbs

When fire and water are at war, it is the fire that loses.... >>

What much is worth comes from the earth.... >>

You notice what I drink, and not the thirst I feel.... >>

What is new cannot be true.... >>

There is never a great dunghill at a sportsman's door.... >>

Other Proverbs

Under a ragged coat lies wisdom... (Maori) >>

They are not all saints who use holy waters... (English) >>

The pope and a peasant know more between them than the pope ... (Italian) >>

What the people believe is true... (Romanian) >>

A churl knows not the work of spurs (i.e., honour).... (French) >>

When the bee sucks, it makes honey, when the spider, poison.

- Spanish Proverb