2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 45
881. I know they are all honest men, but my cloak is nowhere to be found.
882. I know well what I say when I ask for bread.
883. I know what I know, but will say nothing about it.
884. I left what I knew for what I heard praised, and repented.
885. I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
886. I mistress and you miss, who is to sweep the house?
887. I neither give nor take, like a Jew on the Sabbath.
888. I never was satisfied with "I will, I will." One "take this" is better than two "I will give you."
889. I perfectly feel even at my fingers end.
890. I say it to you, daughter; hear it, daughter-in-law.
891. I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?
892. I thought I had made the sign of the cross -- and I hurt my eye.
893. I thought I had no husband, and I eat up the stew.
894. I thought to cross myself, and I put out my eye.
895. I wept when I was born and every day explains why.
896. I would rather have a donkey that can carry me than a horse that throws me.
897. I'll marry, and eat the prime of the pot, and sit down first.
898. I've fried my sausage in better pans than these.
899. Idiots can sometimes give good advice.
900. If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.