More Spanish Proverbs
Let every tub stand on its own bottom....
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Whatever way you take there is a league of bad road....
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A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out....
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A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than mended....
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Alas! father, another daughter is born to you....
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Other Proverbs
Take an ox by his horn, a man by his word....
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An army marches on its stomach....
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The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat....
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight...
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First deserve, and then desire....
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Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.
- Spanish Proverb