More Spanish Proverbs

God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.... >>

Pound the garlic, Pedro, whilst I grate the cheese.... >>

First cobwebs, then chains.... >>

Blood boils without fire.... >>

God grant, dear wife, that this son be ours.... >>

Other Proverbs

The leaves fall before the tree dies.... (French) >>

Silver silence is golden.... (English) >>

Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.... (Chinese) >>

If luck comes, who comes not? If luck comes not, who comes?... (Chinese) >>

Many things are lost for want of asking.... (English) >>

Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.

- Spanish Proverb