298 Mexican Proverbs / Page 10
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One timely shout is better than constant talk.182.
Only men with thick lips should smoke a cigar.183.
Only the pallbearers know the weight of the dead.184.
Parrots are green everywhere; the idiot loses wherever he is.185.
Pay what you owe and you will know what you are worth.186.
Pray indeed, but get to work.187.
Respect for the rights of others is peace.188.
Revenge is a dish that tastes better cold.189.
Rocking chairs make long-tailed cats uneasy.190.
Self-praise amounts to self-condemnation.191.
Shrimp that sleeps is carried by the tide.192.
Since excuses were invented, no one is ever in the wrong.193.
Sorrow also sings, when it runs to deep to cry.194.
Speak plain -- call bread bread, and wine wine.195.
Speak plain -- call bread bread, and wine wine.196.
Stupidity closes the doors of kindness.197.
Talking about bulls is not the same as facing them in the ring.198.
Tell me what you want to buy and I will tell you what you are.199.
Ten who shout obtain more than ten who remains silent.200.
The best bullfighter is the one in the box seats.