More Spanish Proverbs

A husband with one eye rather than with a son.... >>

In a smith's house the knife is wooden.... >>

The wages of sin is death.... >>

It is very savoury to eat scot free.... >>

A lazy ox is little the better for the goad.... >>

Other Proverbs

Where the thread is weakest it breaks.... (French) >>

A sow prefers bran to roses.... (French) >>

The devil owed a cake and paid a loaf.... (English) >>

One does evil enough when one does nothing good... (Greek) >>

All evils are equal when they are extreme.... (English) >>

Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.

- Spanish Proverb