More Spanish Proverbs

The absent were never in the right.... >>

Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will carry the sieve, which is... >>

For better for worse they have married me.... >>

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A good advice is as good as an eye in the hand.... (French) >>

A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves.... (Russian) >>

Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves... (Biblical) >>

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Let those pater nosters be for your own soul. (Ironical, against swearing.)

- Spanish Proverb