To take ambition from a soldier, is to rob him of his spurs.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ambition
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The patient who names a doctor his heir makes a big mistake.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mistake
Peralvillo justice: hang a man first and try him afterwards.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about justice, man
Though your bloodhound be gentle, don't bite him on the lip.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
To him who gives you a capon you may spare a leg and a wing.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
Set a peasant on horseback, and he forgets both God and man.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, god, man
If two doctors visit a sick man, the sexton rings the bells.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
After stuffing pears within, drink old wine until they swim.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking, wine, old, olderness
Fresh port and new wine, send a Christian to the churchyard.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, man
I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about art, magic
He who has shipped the devil, must carry him over the sound.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil
He who has to deal with a blockhead has need of much brains.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about need
It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The mouse that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
From a silent man, and a dog that does not bark, deliver us.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man
When the bee sucks, it makes honey, when the spider, poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Do not fret for news, it will grow old and you will know it.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about old, olderness
