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Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
