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A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando. Pray to God, but have the mallet ready. (God helps those who helps themselves.)
A falta de pan buenas son tortas. Half a loaf is better than none.
A la cama no te irás, sin saber una cosa más. Don't go to bed without learning something new.
A la sombra de los buenos, viven los malos. The bad live in the shadow of the good.
A puerta cerrada, el diablo se vuelve. The devil returns to a closed door. (Be on guard against repeated temptation.)
A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda. God helps the one who arises early.
A quien no teme la muerte, nada le es fuerte. Nothing has power over someone who isn't afraid of death.
A quien teme preguntar, le avergüenza a aprender. The person who is afraid to ask questions is ashamed of learning.
A veces el remedio es peor que la enfermedad. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
A veces es más fatal, la medicina que el mal. Sometimes the medicine is more fatal than the illness.
Al pobre le faltan muchas cosas; al avaro, todas. The poor lack many things; the miser, everything.
Amistades que son ciertas nadie las puede turbar. Nobody can disrupt true friendship.
Amor es encontrar en la felicidad de otro tu propia felicidad. Love is finding your own happiness in the happiness of another.
Buenas acciones valen más que buenas razones. Right actions count for more than the right reasons.
Buenas palabras y buenos modales, todas las puertas abren. Kind words and good manners open all doors.
Cada uno es como Dios le hizo, y aún peor muchas veces. Everyone is as God made him, and many times worse.
Si consigues una buena esposa serás feliz, y si consigues una mala te convertirás en un filósofo. If you get a good wife you will be happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.
Cuando el solo utensilio que perteneces es un martillo, cada problema empienza a parecerse como un clavo. When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
Cuando somos capaces de conocernos a nosotros mismos, rara vez nos equivocamos sobre nuestro destino. When we are capable of knowing our very selves, rarely do we make a mistake about our destiny.
Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho. From the saying to the act there is a big distance.
Dichosos los pacificadores, porque serán llamados los hijos de Dios. Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
Dime y lo olvido, enséñame y lo recuerdo, involúcrame y lo aprendo. Tell me and I will forget it, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I learn.
Dios dio las nueces, pero no las quiebra ni las pela. God provided walnuts, but he doesn't crack them or shell them. (German saying)
El amigo es quien me socorre, no quien me compadece. A friend is someone who helps me, not pities me.
El amor es como el fuego, que si no se comunica se apaga. Love is like fire: if it isn't spread around it goes out.
El amor tiene fácil la entrada y difícil la salida. Love has an easy entrance and a difficult exit.
El árbol no niega su sombra ni al leñador. The tree doesn't deny its shade to even the logger.
El caballo malo hay que venderlo lejos. It is necessary to go far away to sell a bad horse.
El diablo sabe más por viejo que por diablo. The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.
El dolor, cuando no se convierte en verdugo, es un gran maestro. Pain, when it does not become an executioner, is a great teacher.
El éxito consiste en vencer el temor al fracaso. Success consists of conquering the fear of failure.
El hombre hace dinero, pero el dinero no hace al hombre. Man makes money, but money doesn't make the man.
El mal escribano le echa la culpa a la pluma. The poor writer casts his blame to the pen.
El matrimonio es como la muerte; pocos llegan a él preparados. (autor desconocido) Marriage is like death; few arrive there prepared.
El mundo es una comedia para los que piensan y una tragedia para los que sienten. The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
El pescado y el huésped, a los tres días apestan. Guests, like fish, stink after three days
El que no sabe lo que busca no entiende lo que encuentra. The one who doesn't know what he's looking for will not know when he finds it.
El tiempo no es sino el espacio entre nuestros recuerdos. Time is just the space between our memories.
El trabajo más productivo es el que sale de las manos de un hombre contento. The most productive work is that which comes from the hands of a content man.
En el gran reloj del tiempo sólo hay una palabra: ahora. On the great clock of time there is only one word: now.
En mar tranquila, todos son buenos pilotos. In the tranquil sea, everyone is a good pilot.
Es bueno ser importante pero más importante es ser bueno. It is good to be important, but it's more important to be good.
Es más fácil perdonar a un enemigo que a un amigo. It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
Es mejor sufrir una injusticia que cometerla. It is better to suffer an unjustice than to commit one.
Es parentesco sin sangre una amistad verdadera. Kinship without a blood relationship is true friendship.
Es tan corto el amor y tan largo el olvido. Love is so short, and forgetting is so long.
Excava el pozo antes de que tengas sed. Dig the well before you're thirsty.
Habla poco y anda grave, y parecerá que sabes. Speak little and be serious, and it will seem that you know much.
Hay un solo niño bello en el mundo y cada madre lo tiene. There's only one beautiful little baby in the world, and each mother has it.
La educación es, tal vez, la forma más alta de buscar a Dios. Sometimes education is the best way to seek God.
La envidia es mil veces más terrible que el hambre, porque es hambre espiritual. Jealousy is a thousand times worse than hunger, because it is a spiritual hunger.
La paz obtenida con la punta de la espada, no es más que una tregua. Peace obtained at the point of a sword isn't anything more than a pause in the fighting.
Los débiles no pueden perdonar. el perdón es un atributo de los poderosos.
Más hace el que quiere que el que puede. We do more of what we want than what we can.
Nadie sabe lo que tiene hasta que lo pierde. Nobody knows what he has until he loses it.
No te cases con alguien con quien puedas vivir — cásate con la persona sin la cual no puedas vivir. Don't marry someone you can live with — marry the person without whom you can't live.
Todos los cementerios están llenos de gente que se consideraba imprescindible. All cemeteries are filled with people who thought of themselves as indispensable.
Vencer y perdonar, es vencer dos veces. Defeating and forgiving is winning twice.
Vivir en la Tierra es caro pero ello incluye un viaje gratis alrededor del sol cada año. Living on Earth is expensive but it includes a free trip around the sun each year.
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