298 Mexican Proverbs / Page 8
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It's not the fault of the indian, but of he who makes of the indian his friend.142.
It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese.143.
Jealous about honor and careless about providing.144.
Keep your counsel arrested until it's requested.145.
Let him attack who will; the strong wait.146.
Let not the tongue speak what the head may have to pay for.147.
Let the water you cannot drink flow by.148.
Let water run that you do not intend to drink.149.
Lions believe that everyone shares their state of mind.150.
Look at the man you serve and you will see how much you are esteemed.151.
Love is blind -- but not the neighbors.152.
Love is too rare to be lost on jealousy.153.
Make deaf ears to stupid words.154.
Malice leaves reality behind.155.
Man can adjust to anything except not eating.156.
Marriage and shroud, from heaven will come.157.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.158.
Men meet, only mountains do not.159.
Money is a good servant, but an evil master.160.
Necessity is a great teacher.