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20 Cards in this Set
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Antes que te cases,....
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...mira lo que haces.
Lit. "Before you get married, look at what you do." (Look before you leap.) |
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~~A quien le venga el guante,...
~~A quien le sirva el sayo,... |
...que se lo plante.
Lit. "To whom comes the glove, he should plant it." ...que se lo ponga. Lit. "To whom is served the tunic, he should put it on." (If the shoe fits, wear it.) |
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A quien madruga,...
(madruga = "early bird") |
...Dios lo ayuda.
Lit. "To whom early bird, God helps him." (The early bird catches the worm.) |
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Bien predica....
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...quien bien vive.
Lit. "He preaches well who lives well." (Practice what you preach.) |
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Dime con quién andas...
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...y te diré quién eres.
Lit. "Tell me with whom you walk & I'll tell you who you are." (A man is known by the company he keeps. Birds of a feather flock together.) |
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El que mucho abarca...
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...poco aprieta.
Lit. "He who covers much, tightens little." (Grasp all, lose all.) |
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El que la hace,...
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...la paga.
Lit. "He who does it, pays it." (You get what you deserve.) |
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El que tiene padrinos,...
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...se bautiza.
Lit. "He who has godparents, is baptized." (It is not what you know, it is whom you know.) |
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El que tiene tejado de vidrio,...
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...no tire piedras al del vecino.
Lit. "He who has a glass roof, don't throw stones at that of the neighbor." (People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.) |
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En el país donde fueres,...
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...haz lo que vieres.
Lit. "In the country where you go, do what you see." (When in Rome, do as the Romans do.) |
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No es oro...
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...todo lo que reluce.
(All that glitters is not gold.) |
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No hay mal...
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...que por bien no venga.
Lit. "There isn't bad that for good it doesn't come." (Out of everything bad, some good will come.) |
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No hay peor sordo...
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...que el que no quiere oír.
(No one is so deaf as he who will not hear.) |
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Ojos que no ven,...
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...corazón que no siente.
Lit. "Eyes that don't see, heart that doesn't feel." (Out of sight, out of mind.) |
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Quien busca,....
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halla.
(He who seeks, finds.) |
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Quien calla,...
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...otorga.
Lit. "He who keeps quiet, grants/consents." (Silence gives consent.) |
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Quien más tiene,...
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...más quiere.
(The more one has, the more one wants.) |
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Quien mucho habla,...
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...mucho yerra.
(He who talks much, errs much. Silence is golden.) |
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Quien no se aventura,...
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...no cruza la mar.
Lit. "Whoever doesn't venture, doesn't cross the sea." (Nothing ventured, nothing gained.) |
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Quien siembra vientos,...
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...recoge tempestades.
Lit. "Whoever sows winds, collects tempests." (As you sow, so shall you reap.) |
