2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 88
1741.
The person who plants the lettuce does not always eat the salad.1742.
The pig's tail will never make a good arrow.1743.
The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it leaves its handle or its mouth.1744.
The pitcher that goes often to the well leaves either its handle or its spout there.1745.
The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail every year.1746.
The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people.1747.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.1748.
The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.1749.
The rat that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.1750.
The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.1751.
The righteous man sins before an open chest.1752.
The road of "about," leads only to the house of "never." Near the spring nobody dies of thirst.1753.
the rotten apple spoils its companion.1754.
The scalded cat dreads cold water.1755.
The secret in swimming is to know how to take care of your clothes.1756.
The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime.1757.
The secret of two no further will go; the secret of three a hundred will know.1758.
The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a day.1759.
The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.1760.
The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.