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He who really wants to die will not complain if he is buried standing up.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about death

With patience and a bit of spittle, the elephant picks up the ant so little.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about patience

When two paupers get married it is the beginning of a generation of beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about beginning

The whole arena tells them to kill the bull, yet the bull should kill no one.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Agreements should be clearly expressed, and chocolate should be served thick.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

A secret between two is god's secret; a secret between three is known to all.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about secret, god

If you see your neighbor has lost his beard, you'd best start lathering yours.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment

In the matter of pigs, all is money, and in the matter of money, all are pigs.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about money

It's not the fault of the indian, but of he who makes of the indian his friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about things, god

When you see that someone is cutting your neighbor's beard, start wetting yours.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment

A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely ridden.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about good, good luck, old, olderness

He whoa breeds crows, will have his eyes taken out- you harvest what you planted.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about eyes, contentment

Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so little that it doesn't illuminate him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about saints

He who is anxious to secure the best tends to get stuck with the worst of the rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about rest

He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment

You must not tell all that you know, nor judge all that you see, if you would live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about judges, peace, contentment

He who has a hundred and one pesos, and owes a hundred and two, let him commend himself to god.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about god

To the dead, internment and, to the living, enjoyment orto the dead, the grave and, to the living, chicken.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about joy

If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about judges, peace, contentment