More Spanish Proverbs

When you can't get bread, oat-cakes are not amiss.... >>

A lazy youth, a lousy age.... >>

It little avails the unfortunate to be brave.... >>

A man forewarned is as good as two.... >>

If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor... >>

Other Proverbs

Every man has a fool up his sleeve.... (American) >>

A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens... (Chinese) >>

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich... (Romanian) >>

A little leaven leavens a great mass.... (French) >>

Gossip needs no carriage... (Polish) >>

He who serves many masters must neglect some of them.

- Spanish Proverb