A peasant will stand on the top of a hill for a very long time with his mouth open before a roast duck will fly in.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, time
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If your enemy is up to his waist in water, give him your hand; if the water reaches his shoulders, stand on his head.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about water, enemies, heads
He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothing, and at forty has nothing, will lead a wretched old age.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, olderness, age, old
If it is good then the deed is more important than the intention; if it's bad then the intention is worse than the deed.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about intention, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
If the pitcher knocks against a stone, woe to the pitcher; and if the stone knocks against the pitcher, woe to the pitcher.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Whether it be so or not, husband, put on your hood. (He had told her there was a new law that every man with horns should wear a hood. )
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about husband, law, man
He that is not gallant at twenty, strong at thirty, rich at forty, or experienced at fifty, will never be gallant, strong, rich, or prudent.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about prudence, wealth
As long as I was a daughter-in-law I never had a good mother-in-law, and as long as I was a mother-in-law I never had a good daughter-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about law, mother, good, good luck
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, man
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about present, war, advice, children
There are three too much and three too little that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge; and too much boasting and too little earnings.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking, knowledge, money
