Pearls of Folk Wisdom
... and how they see it in Spain
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
No se puede repicar y andar en procesión
It's the early bird that catches the worm
A quien madruga, Dios ayuda
Where there's smoke there's fire
Cuando el río suena, agua lleva
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
El que no llora no mama
None is worse shod than the shoemaker's wife
En casa del herrero, cuchara de palo
Any port in a storm
En tiempo de guerra, cualquier hoyo es trinchera
A hedge between keeps friendship green
Entre dos amigos, un notario y dos testigos
An old poacher makes the best keeper
Fraile que fue soldado sale más acertado
Easy come, easy go
Gramo a gramo, se acaba el montón de antaño
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
La cabra de mi vecina da más leche que la mía
The mills of God grind slowly
Las cosas de palacio van despacio
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Muchos componedores descomponen la novia
Rome wasn't built in a day
No se ganó Zamora en una hora
You may know by a handful the whole sack
Para muestra, basta un botón
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it
Quien come la carne, que roa el hueso
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut
Quien peces quiere, el rabo se moje
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