More Spanish Proverbs

When the fields yield not, the saints have not.... >>

Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers'purse.... >>

He who works on the highway will have many advisers.... >>

We are both carriers, and shall meet on the road.... >>

Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns her, since he catches her... >>

Other Proverbs

To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To repr... (French) >>

Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.... (French) >>

Dreams go by contraries.... (French) >>

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently... (Chinese) >>

Contrivance is better than force.... (French) >>

One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too few.

- Spanish Proverb