Proverbs and old sayings, page 2014

43574 proverbs and old sayings

The wolf does that in the course of the week which hinders him from going to mass on Sunday.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Since you have scolding me, I have counted a hundred and twenty holes in that nutmeg grater.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment

It's the grinding of his teeth that awakes the blacksmith's dog, not the noise of the hammer.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will carry the sieve, which is as heavy as the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about husband, devil, contentment

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, home

As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine, love

Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about charity, advice, nothing

There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won't bring her to the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about woman

To be like the esquire of Guadalaxara, who knew nothing in the morning of what he said at night.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about night, nothing

Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man, knowledge, wisdom

To friend and foe alike I tell them how bad she is, so that I don't have to share her with anyone.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about bad luck, bad

Things often happen when you least expect them to. Where we least think, there goes the hare away.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about things, contentment

The road of about, leads only to the house of never. Near the spring nobody dies of thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about spring, home, house

The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding feasts, and the Christian with lawsuits.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about christianity, marriage

When the Devil was sick the Devil a monk would be, When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil

To offer friendship to one who is looking for love, is like giving bread to someone dying of thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about friendship, love

Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested, not all enemies exposed and denounced.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about enemies, things

Love one that does not love you, answer one that does not call you, and you will run a fruitless race.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love, contentment

The gentle lamb sucks any ewe as well as its mother; the surly lamb sucks neither its own nor another.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mother

You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. You have to strike while the iron is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about chance, contentment