More Spanish Proverbs

Trust not your gossip to a priest who has been a friar.... >>

Tell her she is handsome, and you will turn her head.... >>

Plough deep and you will have plenty of corn.... >>

One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.... >>

My teeth are nearer than my kindred.... >>

Other Proverbs

Close, but no cigar.... (American) >>

Every fool likes his bauble.... (French) >>

Who sows thorns should not go barefoot.... (Italian) >>

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers... (Japanese) >>

After victory, tighten your helmet chord... (Chinese) >>

An ounce of wit that's bought Is worth a pound that's taught.

- Spanish Proverb