2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 79
1561.
The bow that is always bent slackens or breaks.1562.
The bowels support the heart, and not the heart the bowels.1563.
The boy is father to the man.1564.
The brain, that sows not corn, plants thistles.1565.
The bread eaten, the company departs.1566.
The bread never falls but on its buttered side.1567.
The busy fly is in every man's dish.1568.
The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by a thousand.1569.
The buyer has need of a hundred eyes. the seller but one.1570.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.1571.
The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.1572.
The cask smells of the wine it contains.1573.
The cat always leaves her mark upon her friend.1574.
The cat is friendly, but scratches.1575.
The chickens have come home to roost. You're suffering the consequences now.1576.
The child is the father of the man.1577.
The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.1578.
The cross on his breast, and the devil in his heart.1579.
The day I did not make my toilette, there came to my house one I did not expect.1580.
The day I did not sweep the house, there came to it one I did not expect.