Quotations by Tradizione spagnola

Id por medio, y no careis.

Take the middle of the way and thou wilt not fall.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quando el Español canta, ó rabia, ó no tiene blanca.

When the Spaniard sings, he is either mad or has no money.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Dineros de avaro dos veces van al mercado.

Misers’ money goes twice to market.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mirais lo que bebo, y no la sed que tengo.

You notice what I drink, and not the thirst I feel.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Di á tu amigo tu secreto, y tenerte ha el pie en el pescuezo.

Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your neck.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ayudándose tres, para peso de seis.

Three who help each other are as good as six.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Yo sé que me sé, mas de esto callar me he.

I know what I know, but will say nothing about it.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Rogar al santo hasta pasar del trance.

To pray to the saint until the danger is past.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien mal anda en mal acaba.

He who begins badly, ends badly.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

El hilo por lo mas delgado quiebra.

The thread breaks where it is thinnest.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quebreme el pie, quizá por bien.

I broke my leg, perhaps for my good.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Bien vengas, mal, si vienes solo.

Welcome, misfortune, if you come alone.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

A puñadas entran las buenas hadas.

Good luck makes its way in by elbowing.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Un lobo no muerde á otro.

One wolf does not bite another.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Quien con el viejo burló, primero rió y después lloro.

He who made fun of the old man, laughed at first and cried afterwards.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Al raton que no tiene mas que un agujero, presto le cogen.

The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tan grande es el yerro como el que yerra.

The fault is as great as he that commits it.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Paz y paciencia, y muerte con penitencia.

Peace and patience, and death with penitence.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tramontana no tiene trigo, y el hombre pobre no tiene amigo.

A north wind has no corn, and a poor man no friend.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mas hace quien quiere que quien puede.

He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Sanan cuchilladas, mas no malas palabras.

Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Echar el mango tras el destral.

To throw the helve after the hatchet.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Amor de padre, que todo lo otro es aire.

A father’s love, for all other is air.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mas cerca está la camisa que el sayo.

The shirt is nearer than the frock.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857