Who does not live to serve does not serve to live.

More Mexican Proverbs

• A secret between two is gods secret. A secret between three is known to all.
• Wounds from the knife are healed but not those from the tongue.
• Full stomach, happy heart.
• A steady step is better than a run that tires.
• 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.