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Mexican Proverbs

Make deaf ears to stupid words.

Let water run that you do not intend to drink.

You judge the way you live.

In this treacherous world there is neither truth nor lie; everything is like the color of the crystal through which you gaze.

Don't break down, rope; this is the last jerk!

The most desirable woman is always the one who belongs to someone else.

The sin carries its own penance.

God does not hear you if you do not speak.

Pray indeed, but get to work!

There is more time than life.

He who lives with hope dies happy.

The devil is wiser not because he's the devil, but because he's old.

Yes, old: But never sexually cold!

In youth we learn, in old age we understand.

Youth is a folly; maturity, a struggle; old age a remorse.

Revenge is a dish that tastes better cold.

The brave man lives until the coward wants.

The lazy is a brother of the begger.

Money is a good servant, but an evil master.

Jealous about honor and careless about providing.

A lamp in the street, obscurity at home.

The good judge starts at home.

Hell must be in bad condition when even the devil stays out.

When you see that someone is cutting your neighbor's beard, start wetting yours.

When hunger comes through the door, love jumps out the window.

Parrots are green everywhere; the idiot loses wherever he is.

The deaf does not listen, but invents well.

It is not enough to know how to ride you must also know how to fall.

The seagull thinks it is an act of kindness to give the fish a lift in the air.

Don't cut your cactus in a neighbor's garden.

It's better to be poor, than to live alone.

The fewer donkeys, the more corncobs.

Conversation is food for the soul.

Hope dies last of all.

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch.

It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese.

The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.

The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor, when he has something to eat.

We were born to die anyhow.

Lions believe that everyone shares their state of mind.

As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.

When the river sounds, it's because it carries water.