More Spanish Proverbs
Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not known at home...
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What my neighbour eats does my stomach no good....
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Use power to curb power...
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The official who can't lie may as well be out of the world....
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The old wife, if she does not serve for a pot, serves for a cover....
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Other Proverbs
Familiarity breeds contempt....
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The nimblest footman is a false tale....
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God's work is soon done....
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A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without im...
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Advice when most needed is least heeded....
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Ask not after a good man's pedigree.
- Spanish Proverb