Spanish Proverb Quotations

When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.

Like a parakeet, that says what he knows but doesn't know what he says

Life without a friend is like death without a witness

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we get

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap

God gives almonds to those who have no teeth

God comes to see without ringing the bell

He will never worship well the image on the altar who knew it when it was a trunk of wood in the garden

He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like

He who is feared gets more than his own.

God will listen to you whatever cloak you wear

God says, 'Choose what you will and pay for it

It is good to have friends, even in hell

I wept when I was born and every day explains why

It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands

With bread and wine you can walk your road

Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

Two cannot fall out if one does not choose

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker

Every man for himself, and God for us all

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it

Tell me who you live with and I will tell you who you are.

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody

Debts are like children: the smaller they are the more noise they make

A pig bought on credit is forever grunting

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never

A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills

A bad man's gift is like his master

A bad labour, and a daughter after all

It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring

Every one is wise when the mischief is done.

If you keep your mouth shut, the flies won't get in

If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else

He that will not when he can, cannot when he will.

He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles