He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats, and warms himself.

Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

No hace poco quien su casa quema: espanta los ratones, y escalientase á la leña.

He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats, and warms himself.

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