2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 63
1241.
Neither handsome enough to kill, nor ugly enough to frighten.1242.
Neither serve one who has been a servant, nor beg of one who has been a beggar.1243.
Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it.1244.
Never advise a man to go to the wars, or to marry.1245.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.1246.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.1247.
Never advise someone to go to war or to get married.1248.
Never ask of him who has, but of him you know wishes you well.1249.
Never ask pardon before you are accused.1250.
Never beg from one who was a beggar.1251.
Never by-pass a town where a friend lives.1252.
Never give advice unasked.1253.
Never let a poor man advise you on investments.1254.
Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.1255.
Never offer your hen for sale on a rainy day.1256.
Never praise life in front of death, nor the beautiful day in front of night.1257.
Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.1258.
Never put your thumbs between two grinders.1259.
Never show the truth naked -- just in its shirt.1260.
Never speak of a rope in the house of one who was hanged.