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Origin: Spanish
Contains 1502 proverb(s)
Proverbs which originated from Spanish
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Origin
Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile
Spanish
Don't stay long when the husband is not at home
Spanish
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire
Spanish
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue
Spanish
From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn
Spanish
Goodness shouts. Evil whispers
Spanish
If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor
Spanish
If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep
Spanish
If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else
Spanish
If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him
Spanish
Live your own life, for you will die your own death
Spanish
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down
Spanish
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it
Spanish
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study
Spanish
Use power to curb power
Spanish
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it
Spanish
Where there is a sea there are pirates
Spanish
Where there are no swamps there are no frogs
Spanish
The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion
Spanish
A blustering night, a fair day follows.
Spanish
A dog does not always bark at the front gate.
Spanish
A fried to everybody and to nobody is the same thing.
Spanish
A good grievance is better than bad payment.
Spanish
A good man's pedigree is little hunted up.
Spanish
A handsome man is not quite poor.
Spanish
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