Proverbs and old sayings, page 1997

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If folly were a pain, there would be groaning in every house.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pain, home, house

I'll marry, and eat the prime of the pot, and sit down first.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

To a woman and a magpie tell your secrets in the marketplace.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman

More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about garden

Three daughters and their mother, four devils for the father.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil, mother

Compare your griefs with other men's and they will seem less.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Cheese from the ewe, milk from the goat, butter from the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Play with the fool at home, and he will play with you abroad.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, contentment

Three things kill a man: a scorching son, suppers, and cares.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about things, man

Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment

He who builds a house, or marries, is left with a lank purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

Do not buy a carrier's ass, or marry an innkeeper's daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce

The art of doing business lies more in paying than in buying.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about art, magic, affair

Don't talk too much -- your ignorance exceeds your knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ignorance, knowledge

Elm trees have beautiful branches but hardly ever bear fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The best way to solve a problem is to attack the cause of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about attack

According to the custom of Aragon, good service, bad guerdon.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

If you want to know what a ducat is worth, try to borrow one.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment

When you are talking about marriage, think about your mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking, marriage, mother, contentment

If you eat it up at supper, you cannot have it for breakfast.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment