Quotations by Tradizione spagnola

Desque nací lloré, y cada dia nace porqué.

When I was born I wept, and every day brings a reason why.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Las tripas esten llenas, que ellas llevan á las piernas.

Let the guts be full, for it is they that carry the legs.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Pan ageno caro cuesta.

Another’s bread costs dear.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Abiendo escalera por do bajar, buscais soga para os colgar.

With a staircase before you, you look for a rope to go down by.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Al que mal hace, nunca le falta achaque.

The wrong doer is never without a pretext.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Rifaban los rocines del vidriero, y él mirando qual daba mejor coz al compañero.

The glass-dealer’s horses fell out, and he looked on to see which kicked hardest.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El mozo perezoso por no dar un paso da ocho.

The lazy servant to save one step takes eight.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien bien ama, tarde olvida.

He who loves well is slow to forget.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El que tiene tejados de vidrio, no tire piedras al de su vecino.

He whose house is tiled with glass should not throw stones at his neighbour’s.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Grano no henche harnero, mas ayuda á su compañero.

A grain does not fill a sieve, but it helps its fellow.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien busca halla.

He who seeks, finds.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Por turbia que esté, no digas, de esta agua no beberé.

However foul it be, never say, Of this water I will not drink.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El dinero hace lo malo bueno.

Money turns bad into good.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Cae en la cueva el que otro á ella lleva.

He falls into the pit who leads another into it.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Boca que dice de sí, dice de no.

The mouth that says yes says no.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

De la mano á la boca se pierde la sopa.

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is lost.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien lejos va a casar, ó va engañado ó va á engañar.

He who goes far from home to marry, goes either to deceive or be deceived.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El invierno es ido, y el verano venido, mal haya quien bien nos hizo.

The winter is gone, the spring is come, a fig for those who us good have done.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Amores nuevos olvidan viejos.

New loves drive out the old.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tras pared ni tras seto, no digas en secreto.

Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Aunque seas prudente viejo, no desdeñes el consejo.

Though you are a prudent old man, do not despise counsel.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El perro viejo, si ladra, da consejo.

When the old dog barks he gives counsel.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Penséme santiguar, y quebréme el ojo.

I thought to cross myself, and I put out my eye.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Abad avariento por un bodigo pierde ciento.

A coveteous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857