Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-20
SPANISH PROVERBS.
(From Current Literature.)

whoever says Spalo says every
thing
If God were not God ne would make
himself King of Spain with the King of
France for his cook.
Abstract from Spanierd all his good
qualities and there remains Portu-
guese.
A true gentleman would rather have
his clothes torn than mended.
He who sings frigttens away ills.
Where there is music there is no
harm.
Whittier goest thou. misfortune? To
where there is more.
IfGod is against you the saints are of
no use.
III have lost the ring, yet the fingers
are still here.
All sorrows are bearable if there is
bread.
He who takes the wrong road must
make his journey twice over.
The fault is as great as he who COM
mi;s it.
The little birds have God for their
caterer.
Do not rejoice at my grief, for when
mine is old yours will be new.
That which the fool does in the end
the wise man does at the beginning.
He is fool who thinks that another
does not think.
By the street of By-aud by one ar
rives at the house of Never.
A fool, unless ne knows Latin, is
never great fool.
He who goes with wolves LEANS how
to howl.
If you take a cat to bed do not COM
plain of its claws.
He who sows thorns must not go
barefoot.
you want to know what ducat is
worth try to borrow one.
Hs VINO has no voice iu the valley will
have none in the council.
The wolf loses his teeth bat not his
inclinations
The one-eyed man is king in the
country OF the blind.
Another's care hangs by hair.
When the fool has made up his miud
the market is over
Ga the FOOLS beard every one learns
to shave.
If you have friend who is doctor
make your bow and send him to the
house Of your enemy.
God works the cure, the doctor takes
the fee.
Fond of lawsuits, little wealth; fond
of doctor, little health; fond of iriars,
little pelf.
When friars are around keep your
eyes open.
a turn of the key is better than the
conscience of friar.
Neither good friar for friend, nor
d bad one for an enemy.
A good mans son iDherits poverty.
The politician who cannot lie may as
we'll be out of the world.
God is omnipotent, and the ducat is
mis- lord lieutenant.
He goes safely to trial whose father
is judge.
He who wants mule without fault
must walk on foot.
Better the ass that carries me than
the horse that throws me.
Beware of bad woman, and put no
trust in a good one.
The best women in Spain are the
women whose legs are broken (who can
not 60 ouD.
To love and be wise is impossible.
A bows love is like water in sieve.
Lovers think that others have no
eyes.
What woman Wills God wills.
Never advise man to go to the wars
or marry.
Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, o lion;
married, an ass.
Marry, marry-and what about
housekeeping?
Grief for dead wife lasts to the
door.
The first wife is broom, the second
is lady.
The mother-in-law does not remem-
Der that she was daughter.in-law.
Go to your aunt's house, but not
every day.
He who does good to you either dies
or goes away.
Bacchus has drowned more men than
Neptune.
Long journeys, long lies.
For every one who is robbed on the
road one hundred are in the inn.
We are not to depsnd on others for
what we can do ourselves.
When thy seest thine house in flames
approach and warm thyself.
At the end the Gloria is chanted.