Spanish Proverbs
Spanish Proverbs
Once you build a bad/good reputation it stays forever.
One that portrays to be good and his intention are bad.
A tree that grows crooked will never straighten its trunk.
Tell me who you hang out with and I'll tell you who you are.
One that does bad will pay before he/she dies the same way.
[He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.]
Don't postpone until tomorrow what you can do today.
What the eyes do not see the heart does not feel.
[Out of sight, out of mind.]
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
Life without a friend is death without a witness.
Three Spaniards, four opinions.
Time and I against any two.
The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
Water for oxen, wine for kings.
At the end of the game we shall see who gains.
By the tree the fruit is known.
Not everything that shines is gold.
Four eyes see more than two.
From such wood, such splinter.
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