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... friends . " - We should endeavour in our transactions , even with our most inti- mate friends , to keep them under a strict regu- lation , in order to prevent disputes from arising in settling them . Acuestate sin cena , amanecerás sin ...
... friends . " - We should endeavour in our transactions , even with our most inti- mate friends , to keep them under a strict regu- lation , in order to prevent disputes from arising in settling them . Acuestate sin cena , amanecerás sin ...
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... friendship.` Ahogarse en poco agua . " To drown oneself in little water . " - To be overcome with trifles . Levibus succumbere malis . Ahora hervia , y ya es agua fria.- " It just now boiled , and now it is cold water . " It is used ...
... friendship.` Ahogarse en poco agua . " To drown oneself in little water . " - To be overcome with trifles . Levibus succumbere malis . Ahora hervia , y ya es agua fria.- " It just now boiled , and now it is cold water . " It is used ...
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... friend with his vice . " Signifying , you must not forsake your friend . because he has some faults . " Amiçi vitium ni feras , prodis tuum . " PUB , SY . Poner por Al amor el remedio , es tierra en 16 AL AL.
... friend with his vice . " Signifying , you must not forsake your friend . because he has some faults . " Amiçi vitium ni feras , prodis tuum . " PUB , SY . Poner por Al amor el remedio , es tierra en 16 AL AL.
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... friend , with your bread and wine . " - Re- commending to treat your friend hospitably . - Al buen callar , llaman santo . " Good silence is called holiness . " - Moderation in speech is considered a proof of virtue , because he who ...
... friend , with your bread and wine . " - Re- commending to treat your friend hospitably . - Al buen callar , llaman santo . " Good silence is called holiness . " - Moderation in speech is considered a proof of virtue , because he who ...
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... friends . Al que mal hace , nunca le falta achaque . " He who commits many faults , is never without an excuse . " Al que mal hicieres , no le creas . " He whom you have injured , do not confide in ; " suggesting the probability of his ...
... friends . Al que mal hace , nunca le falta achaque . " He who commits many faults , is never without an excuse . " Al que mal hicieres , no le creas . " He whom you have injured , do not confide in ; " suggesting the probability of his ...
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affairs agena ageno agua alludes to persons amigo amor anda año applied asno barba better bien boca boda bolsa bread buen buena bueno buey casa ciento comer como corazon cria daugh devil dexa diablo dinero Dios drink Echar el diablo el lobo expence fond fortune friends gallina gato give guarda hacen hija hijo hombre honor intimates la boca labour live lo que lobo lose madre mala malo mano maravedi married Mas vale mata means metaphorical ex metaphorical expression misfortune mozo muger never one's Oveja padre Palabras paño Parece parida perro piedra pierde pobre poco Poner poor proverb quiere reproof rich ruin Sacar sarten señor SHAK shews Signifying Spain Spaniards speak thing thou tiempo tierra Tomar trae trifling vale viejo viene villano viña vino wine wish woman
Popular passages
Page 163 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 160 - And he who, now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate.
Page 88 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 259 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 174 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 204 - Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's.
Page 304 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 45 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?
Page 92 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.