Quotations by Tradizione spagnola

No entra en misa la campana, y á todos llama.

The bell does not go to mass, yet calls every one to it.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Aquellos son ricos que tienen amigos.

They are rich who have friends.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Al agradecido, mas de lo pedido.

To the grateful man give more than he asks.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Al desdichado poco le vale ser esforzado.

It little avails the unfortunate to be brave.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Frailes, viver con ellos, y comer con ellos, y andar con ellos, y luego vendellos, que así hacen ellos.

As for friars, live with them, eat with them, and walk with them; then sell them as they do themselves.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Hizonos Dios, y maravillámonos nos.

God made us, and we admire ourselves

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ni estoy al vado, ni á la puente.

I am neither at the ford nor the bridge.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Guárdete Dios de hecho es.

God keep you from “It is too late.”

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

A buen compañon buena compañia.

For a good companion good company.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Si bien me quieres, Juan, tus obras me lo diran.

If you love me, John, your acts will tell me so.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

No es aquella gallina buena, que come en tu casa y pone en la agena.

It is a bad hen that eats at your house and lays at another’s.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien quisiere muger hermosa, el sabado la escoja.

He that would have a beautiful wife should choose her on a Saturday.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Nunca los ausentes se hallaron justos.

The absent were never in the right.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quando llueve en Agosto, llueve miel y mosto.

When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

No se toman truchas á bragas enjutas.

Trouts are not caught with dry breeches.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El hijo sabe que conoce á su padre.

It is a wise son that knows his own father.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

No dé Dios tanto buen á nuestros amigos que nos desconoscan.

May God not so prosper our friends that they forget us.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Los que cabras no tienen, y cabritos venden, de donde les vienen?

They who don’t keep goats and yet sell kids, where do they get them?

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

La lengua del mal amigo mas corta que cuchillo.

The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mucho sabe la zorra, pero mas el que la toma.

The fox is knowing, but more knowing he who catches him.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quando os pedimos, Dueña os decimos; quando os tenemos, como queremos.

When we ask a favour, we say, Madam; when we obtain it, what we please.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quando Dios amanece, para todos amanece.

When God gives light he gives it for all.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Zapatero, á tu zapato.

Shoemaker, stick to your last.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Fuego, fuego, muchas ollas y un garbanzo en todas.

Fire, fire, many pots on, and one pea in them all.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857