La caridad bien ordenada comenza de sí propia.Charity well regulated begins at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Dios te dé fortuna, hijo, que el saber poco te vale.God grant you fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCada uno estornuda como Dios le ayuda.Every one sneezes as God pleases.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSer toda hoja sin fruto.All leaf and no fruit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCuidado ageno de pelo cuelga.Another’s care hangs by a hair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEn tierra de ciegos el tuerto es rey.The one-eyed man is a king in the country of the blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSi no va el otero á Mahoma, vaya Mahoma al otero.If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHombre pobre todo es trazas.A poor man is all schemes
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuien con perros se echa, con pulgas se levanta.He who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVino que es bueno no ha menester pregonero.Good wine needs no crier.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando no dan los campos, no han los santos.When the fields yield not, the saints have not.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesViva quien vence.Long life to the conqueror.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA buey haron poco le presta el aguijon.A lazy ox is little the letter for the goad.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmigo reconciliado, enemigo doblado.A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNo me llames bien hadada hasta que me veas enterrada.Call me not fortunate till you see me buried
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMas vale con mal asno contender que la leña acuestas traer.It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one’s back.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOjos que no ven, corazon que no quiebra.If the eyes don’t see, the heart won’t break.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLa vida y el alma, mas no el alvarda.My life and soul (are at your service), but not my pack-saddle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDebajo del buen sayo está el hombre malo.Under a good cloak may be a bad man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesCacarrear, y no poner huevo.To cackle and lay no egg.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEl que ha ovejas, ha pellejas.He who has sheep has fleeces.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVaso malo nunca cae de mano.A crazy vessel never falls from the hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPiedra movediza nunca moho la cubija.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDonde perdiste la capa, ay la cata.Where you lost your cloak, seek it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources