Spanish Proverbs

When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market. Spanish Proverbs Image

When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market.

He who has no wife, is for thrashing her daily; but he that has one, takes care of her. Spanish Proverbs Image

He who has no wife, is for thrashing her daily; but he that has one, takes care of her.

At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion Spanish Proverbs Image

At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion

The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole, can never be a mouse of any soul. Spanish Proverbs Image

The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole, can never be a mouse of any soul.

Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing. Spanish Proverbs Image

Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing.

There is no pot so ugly but finds its cover. Spanish Proverbs Image

There is no pot so ugly but finds its cover.

There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window. Spanish Proverbs Image

There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window.

They took away the mirror from me because I was ugly, and gave it to the blind woman. Spanish Proverbs Image

They took away the mirror from me because I was ugly, and gave it to the blind woman.

When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market. Spanish Proverbs Image

When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market.

If it is good then the deed is more important than the intention; if it’s bad then the intention is worse than the deed. Spanish Proverbs Image

If it is good then the deed is more important than the intention; if it’s bad then the intention is worse than the deed.

If you have a loitering servant, set his dinner before him and send him on an errand. Spanish Proverbs Image

If you have a loitering servant, set his dinner before him and send him on an errand.

If you have a friend who is a doctor, make your bow and send him to the house of your enemy. Spanish Proverbs Image

If you have a friend who is a doctor, make your bow and send him to the house of your enemy.

If you are choosing between bad company and loneliness, choose the second option. Spanish Proverbs Image

If you are choosing between bad company and loneliness, choose the second option.

To friend and foe alike I tell them how bad she is, so that I don’t have to share her with anyone. Spanish Proverbs Image

To friend and foe alike I tell them how bad she is, so that I don’t have to share her with anyone.

May the man be damned and never grow fat, who wears two faces under one hat. Spanish Proverbs Image

May the man be damned and never grow fat, who wears two faces under one hat.

The jew ruins himself with passovers, the moor with wedding feasts, and the christian with lawsuits. Spanish Proverbs Image

The jew ruins himself with passovers, the moor with wedding feasts, and the christian with lawsuits.

There are three “too much” and three “too little” that can bring a fool down Spanish Proverbs Image

There are three “too much” and three “too little” that can bring a fool down

If the pitcher knocks against a stone, woe to the pitcher Spanish Proverbs Image

If the pitcher knocks against a stone, woe to the pitcher

Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested Spanish Proverbs Image

Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested

Such awkward things will happen as going into the great square and coming back without ears. Spanish Proverbs Image

Such awkward things will happen as going into the great square and coming back without ears.

He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar. Spanish Proverbs Image

He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar.

He who has a good looking wife is never without war. Spanish Proverbs Image

He who has a good looking wife is never without war.

He that is not gallant at twenty, strong at thirty, rich at forty, or experienced at fifty, will never be Spanish Proverbs Image

He that is not gallant at twenty, strong at thirty, rich at forty, or experienced at fifty, will never be

It’s just a question of putting two and two together. Spanish Proverbs Image

It’s just a question of putting two and two together.

His courage oozed out at his fingers’ ends. Spanish Proverbs Image

His courage oozed out at his fingers’ ends.

At the game’s end we shall see who gains. Spanish Proverbs Image

At the game’s end we shall see who gains.

At the end the gloria is chanted. Spanish Proverbs Image

At the end the gloria is chanted.

At the wedding-feast the least eater is the bride. Spanish Proverbs Image

At the wedding-feast the least eater is the bride.

Before the time, great courage; when at the point, great fear. Spanish Proverbs Image

Before the time, great courage; when at the point, great fear.

I broke my leg, perhaps for my good. Spanish Proverbs Image

I broke my leg, perhaps for my good.

I cried when I was born and as each day passes I know why. Spanish Proverbs Image

I cried when I was born and as each day passes I know why.

Before you marry, beware, for it is a knot difficult to untie. Spanish Proverbs Image

Before you marry, beware, for it is a knot difficult to untie.

Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines to cut. Spanish Proverbs Image

Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines to cut.

I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself. Spanish Proverbs Image

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

Beggars can’t be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread. Spanish Proverbs Image

Beggars can’t be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread.

I don’t want it, I don’t want it, but put it into my hood. Spanish Proverbs Image

I don’t want it, I don’t want it, but put it into my hood.

I don’t want the cheese; I just want out of the trap. Spanish Proverbs Image

I don’t want the cheese; I just want out of the trap.

Beggars must not be choosers. Spanish Proverbs Image

Beggars must not be choosers.

I have a good jacket in france. Spanish Proverbs Image

I have a good jacket in france.

I thought to cross myself, and I put out my eye. Spanish Proverbs Image

I thought to cross myself, and I put out my eye.

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