More Spanish Proverbs

Be not an esquire where you were a page.... >>

Every cask smells of the wine it contained.... >>

Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free... >>

First come to the mill, first grind.... >>

A blind man's stroke, which raises a dust from beneath water.... >>

Other Proverbs

Despair doubles our strength.... (English) >>

It is not enough to run; one must start in time.... (French) >>

Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.... (French) >>

The goslings would lead the geese out to grass.... (French) >>

Set your sail to the wind.... (French) >>

The bath has sworn not to whiten the blackamoor.

- Spanish Proverb