More Spanish Proverbs

A lazy ox is little the better for the goad.... >>

Listeners hear no good of themselves.... >>

He that trusts a faithless friend, has a good witness against him.... >>

It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.... >>

He who was first an acolyte, and afterwards an abbot or curate, knows ... >>

Other Proverbs

It is merry in hall when beards wag all.... (French) >>

A fool's head never whitens.... (French) >>

Clogs to clogs in three generations... (English) >>

The greater the truth, the greater the libel.... (English) >>

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>

He that eats his fowl alone may saddle his horse alone.

- Spanish Proverb