Proverbs and old sayings, page 1513

43575 proverbs and old sayings

The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about state, mind

Hunger brings people down, but pride can help them get up.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about proudness, hunger, help, people

Fortune is like a wall that falls on those who lean on it.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about wealth

The rat that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about rest, home, house, woman

Youth is a folly; maturity, a struggle; old age a remorse.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about fight, olderness, youth, age, old

The hypocrite is known by his actions, not by his clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about clothes

Let not the tongue speak what the head may have to pay for.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about heads

When it's time to fry the beans, you can't do without lard.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about time, contentment

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about marriage, war, sleep, enemies, contentment

Better a stride that will last than a trot that tires fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about fasting

If you don't honor your wife, you are dishonoring yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about wife, contentment

He who spits in the air will have it fall back on his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about air, fall, face

Although a monkey be dressed in silk, she is still a monkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

An answer without a question signals guilt without question.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about question, guilt

Hell must be in bad condition when even the devil stays out.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about hell, devil, bad luck, bad

He who lingers around will hear bad things spoken about him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about things, bad luck, bad

We are all made of the same clay, but not from the same mold.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Parrots are green everywhere; the idiot loses wherever he is.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

It's easy to trust a cat once you put the cream out of reach.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment