More Spanish Proverbs

The epicure puts his purse into his belly.... >>

Threatened men live long.... >>

Play's gude, while it is play.... >>

Nae man can baith sup an'blaw thegither.... >>

Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not known at home... >>

Other Proverbs

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.... (French) >>

I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed fami... (French) >>

When one has not what one likes, one must like what one has.... (French) >>

It is madness for a sheep to talk of peace with a wolf.... (French) >>

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie... (French) >>

He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothing, and at forty has nothing, will lead a wretched old age.

- Spanish Proverb