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They may whip me in the market-place, so it be not known at home.
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They took away the mirror from me because I was ugly, and gave it
to the blind woman.
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They turn night into day.
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They two agreed like two cats in a gutter.
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They whip the cat, if our mistress does not spin.
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They who don't keep goats and yet sell kids, where do they get
them?
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They who don't kill pigs must not expect black-puddings.
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This is the milkmaid's tale.
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Though my father-in-law is a good man, I do not like a dog with a
bell.
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Though the speaker be a fool, let the hearer be wise.
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Though the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.
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Though you are a prudent old man, do not despise counsel.
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Though you see me with this coat, I have another up the mountain.
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Though your bloodhound be gentle, don't bite him on the lip.
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Threatened men eat bread.
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Threatened men live long.
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Three daughters and their mother, four devils for the father.
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Three men helping one another will do as much as six men singly.
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Three Spaniards, four opinions.
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Three strikes and you are out.
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Three things are not to be trusted; a cow's horn, a dog's tooth,
and a horse's hoof.
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Three things kill a man: a scorching son, suppers, and cares.
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Three things must epigrams, like bees, have all,
A sting, and honey, and a body small.
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Three who held each other are as good as six.
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Through not spending enough we spend too much.
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To a depraved taste sweet is bitter.
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To a hard knot a hard wedge.
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To a hasty demand a leisure reply.
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To a son-in-law and a hog you need show the way but once.
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To a woman and a magpie tell your secrets in the marketplace.
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To be a merchant, the art consists more in getting paid than in
making sales.
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To be like the esquire of Guadalaxara, who knew nothing in the
morning of what he said at night.
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To be like the tailor of Campillo, who worked for nothing, and
found thread.
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To beards with money cavaliers pay respect.
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To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance.
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To eat and to scratch one has but to begin.
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To err is human, to forgive divine.
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To every evil doer his evil day.
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To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease--we say in tight
boots.)
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To flee and to run are not all one.
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To forget a wrong is the best revenge.
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To give is honour, to love is grief.
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To him that watches, everything is revealed.
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To him who gives you a capon you may spare a leg and a wing.
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To love and be wise is impossible.
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To mad words deaf ears.
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To own is to fear.
[Sp., Tener es temer.]
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To swim and swim more, and be drowned on shore.
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To take ambition from a soldier, is to rob him of his spurs.
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To the bold man fortune gives her hand.
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