Proverbs and old sayings, page 2001

43574 proverbs and old sayings

A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than mended.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about clothes

A Portuguese apprentice who can't sew, yet would be cutting out.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Like blood, like good, and like age, make the happiest marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about marriage, blood, age, olderness, good, good luck

A shoemaker's wife and a smith's mare are always the worst shod.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wife

Fond of lawsuits, little wealth, Fond of doctors, little health.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth

It is in putting it into the oven that the loaf is made crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

I thought I had made the sign of the cross -- and I hurt my eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about thinking

The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house, woman, face

Always taking out and never putting in, soon reaches the bottom.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The person seeking India's riches must have them within himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, people

He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Don't scuffle with the potter, for he makes money by the damage.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about money

The person who plants the lettuce does not always eat the salad.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about people

Three men helping one another will do as much as six men singly.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Between the yes and no of a woman you can't place a pin.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman

The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about law, wealth, man

It is not in the pilot's power to prevent the wind from blowing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about power

It's enough to make a parson swear, or a quaker kick his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mother

The snail, to be rid of annoyances, bartered its eyes for horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about eyes

Seat yourself in your place and you will not be made to quit it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish