More Spanish Proverbs
Take heed of an ox before, as an ass behind, and a monk on all sides....
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No fly gets into a shut mouth....
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry....
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The wise man does not hang his knowledge on a hook....
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Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged....
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Other Proverbs
The abbey does not fail for want on one monk....
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Necessity never made a good bargain....
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Mother's love is ever in its spring....
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is....
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Night is the mother of councils....
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He who stumbles twice over one stone deserves to break his shins.
- Spanish Proverb