More Spanish Proverbs

A husband with one eye rather than with a son.... >>

I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself.... >>

Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.... >>

I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?... >>

Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor does wealth bestow it.... >>

Other Proverbs

The abbey does not fail for want on one monk.... (French) >>

Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.... (French) >>

You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.... (American) >>

The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.... (French) >>

The wit one wants spoils what one has.... (French) >>

He who was first an acolyte, and afterwards an abbot or curate, knows what the boys do behind the altar.

- Spanish Proverb