More Spanish Proverbs

Not he gives who likes, but who has.... >>

Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebody.... >>

Neither handsome enough to kill, nor ugly enough to frighten.... >>

She is good who is close to the fire and does not burn.... >>

We are not roasting, and already we are basting.... >>

Other Proverbs

Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest,... (French) >>

To make a happy couple, the husband must be deaf and the wif... (French) >>

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.... (French) >>

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.... (French) >>

He knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own couns... (French) >>

With a little wrong a man comes by his right.

- Spanish Proverb