More Spanish Proverbs

My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute.... >>

Where friars abound keep your eyes open.... >>

They turn night into day.... >>

The woman in finery, the house in filth, but the doorway swept.... >>

The official who can't lie may as well be out of the world.... >>

Other Proverbs

If you desire many things, many things will be seem but a fe... (American) >>

A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.... (French) >>

A man may bear till his back breaks.... (French) >>

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.... (French) >>

After a feast a man scratches his head.... (French) >>

He who comes first grinds first.

- Spanish Proverb