Proverbs and old sayings, page 2000

43574 proverbs and old sayings

An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

In large rivers one finds big fish but one may also be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fishing

Better is the smoke of my own house than the fire of another's.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about smoke, fire, fire brigade, home, house

Who has time yet waits for time, comes to a time of repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about time

Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about happiness

Chastise one that is worthless, and he will presently hate you.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hate, contentment

The woman in finery, the house in filth, but the doorway swept.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house, woman

A young woman is to an old man the horse that he rides to hell.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hell, woman, man, old, olderness

When one wolf eats another, thee is nothing to eat in the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing

He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good, good luck

Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

We make more enemies by what we say than friends by what we do.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about enemies

Conscience is what tells you not to do what you have just done.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about conscience, contentment

Never spread your corn to dry before the door of a saintly man.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinners.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If you don't pay a servant his wages, then he will pay himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment

Tie up the hen that eats at your place and lays eggs elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

It is better to have bread left over than to run short of wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine

If you must battle your enemy, hit him where it hurts him most.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about enemies, contentment

The bacon of paradise for the married man that does not repent.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about paradise, man