More Mexican Proverbs
- The stomach comes first.
- There’s no better mirror than an old friend.
- The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry. And for the poor, when he has something to eat.
- How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards.
- No one is a prophet in his own land.
- A bent tree never has a straight trunk
- With warning, there is no deception.
- Who distrurbs the least helps a lot.
- One string is good enough to a good musician.
- One is none.
- One finds what one looks for.
- They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.
- Better alone than poorly accompanied.
- A dog that does not go out does not find the bone.
- Without corn, there is no country.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- The fishing’s good in stormy waters.
- It’s not enough to lay an egg. You have to crow about it.
- He who lives with hope, dies happy.
- A golden cage is still a cage.
- A cat with gloves doesn’t catch mice.
- Poor musicians blame their instruments.
- Monday even the hens don’t lay eggs.
- The brave one lives as long as the coward lets him.
- Everyone looks for their own onion to cry.
- The throat must pay for what the tongue must say.
- Who has a store tends to it. If not, they sell it.