More Spanish Proverbs
They whip the cat, if our mistress does not spin....
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Mother, marry me, marry me, or the gull will fly away with me....
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The epicure puts his purse into his belly....
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The lean dog is all fleas....
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My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kettle into th...
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Foxes come at last to the furrier's....
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All happiness is in the mind....
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Money is lost only for want of money....
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Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled....
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A book holds a house of gold....
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Three things must epigrams, like bees, have all, A sting, and honey, and a body small.
- Spanish Proverb