What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul, good, good luck
Proverbs and old sayings, page 2009
43574 proverbs and old sayings
Tell your friend a lie -- and if he keeps it a secret, tell him the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about secret, lie, truth
He who goes far from home to marry, goes either to deceive or be deceived.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home
Give me the ass that carries me in preference to the horse that throws me.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
At an ambuscade of villains a man does better with his feet than his hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about criminals, man
A woman's advice is of little value, but he who does not take it is a fool.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about value, advice, woman
Let those pater nosters be for your own soul. (Ironical, against swearing. )
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul
I would rather have a donkey that can carry me than a horse that throws me.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
If your roof is made of glass, don't throw stones at your neighbor's house.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house
It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
Mother, what is marrying? Spinning, bearing children, and crying, daughter.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children, mother
Don't talk too much, because your ignorance is greater than your knowledge.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ignorance, knowledge
He who would thrive must follow the church, the sea, or the king's service.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who is a Basque, a good Christian and has two mules, needs nothing more.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about christianity, nothing, good, good luck
In a choice between bad company and loneliness -- the second is preferable.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about solitude, companies, bad luck, bad
The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking, water
He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads, man
With money you would not know yourself, without money nobody would know you.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about money, contentment
Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment
