More Spanish Proverbs

If you want to know what a ducat is worth, try to borrow one.... >>

Go to bed supperless and you will wake without debt.... >>

All's fish that comes to the net.... >>

A lawsuit for a maravedi consumes a real's worth of paper.... >>

A great man's entreaty is a command.... >>

Other Proverbs

He is like a silver pin, Fair without, but foul within.... (French) >>

He who rides the tiger can never dismount.... (Chinese) >>

Fear less, hope more, <BR>eat less, chew more, <BR>whine les... (French) >>

Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.... (English) >>

The first and last frosts are the worst.... (English) >>

Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.

- Spanish Proverb