More Spanish Proverbs

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.... >>

Now that I have an ewe and a lamb, every one says to me: Good morrow, ... >>

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer... >>

Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.... >>

From a praying young man, and a fasting old man, God preserve my cloak... >>

Other Proverbs

The nearer the minster the later to mass.... (French) >>

Too hot to last.... (English) >>

You can't get blood out of a stone.... (English) >>

Do not triumph before the victory.... (English) >>

Even if an ass goes travelling he'll not come home a horse.... (English) >>

No flies light on a boiling pot.

- Spanish Proverb