More Spanish Proverbs

Take heed of an ox before, as an ass behind, and a monk on all sides.... >>

No fly gets into a shut mouth.... >>

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.... >>

The wise man does not hang his knowledge on a hook.... >>

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.... >>

Other Proverbs

The abbey does not fail for want on one monk.... (French) >>

Necessity never made a good bargain.... (American) >>

Mother's love is ever in its spring.... (French) >>

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.... (French) >>

Night is the mother of councils.... (French) >>

He who stumbles twice over one stone deserves to break his shins.

- Spanish Proverb