Could it be that here is all that one needs to know for success in meeting all of lifes travails ? ----Vic

To those of us who as kids grew up bilingual,

Bomb us a Bear ??

"Vamos a ver"
"We shall see"

Como Decir Refr'an, page 2:

"Aquello que no se hace en un ano, se hace en un rato."
"That which is not done in a year, is done in a short while."

"El que hace lo que no debe, suc`edele lo que no cree."
"He that does what he should not has things happen to him that he cannot believe."

"A palabras necias, oidos sordos."
"To foolish words, deaf ears."

"Maria, si bien est`as, no te mudar`as."
"Maria, if you are doing well where you are, do not move."

"A quien dices tus secretos, das tu libertad y estas sujeto."
"To whom you tell your secrets you give your liberty and you are obliged to."

"Cada santo quiere su propia vela."
"Each saint wants his own candle."

"Cuando te hablen de dinero y de bondad, siempre quita la mitad."
"When someone talks to you about money and charity always cut it to a half."

"Donde las dan, las toman."
"Wherever they give them, they take them."

"No es gallina buena, la que come en tu casa y pone en la ajena."
"The hen that eats at your place and lays the eggs at someone else's is not a good hen."

"Quien bien te quiere te har`a llorar."
"Who loves you well will make you cry."

"Enfe`rmate y ver`as qui`en te quiere bien y qui`en te quiere mal."
"Get sick and you will find out who loves you dearly and who does not care."

"Caballo que alcanza, pasar querr`a."
"The horse that catches up, will like to pass."

"El famoso gaitero uno maravedé porquå empiecå e dies porquå acabe."
"The famous windpipe player, one Spanish coin for beginning to play, and ten Spanish coins for stopping to play."

"No tome consejo de tu riqueza con el hombre que est`a en la pobreza."
"Do not take advice about your wealth from the man who faces poverty."

"El mal vecino, ve lo que entra y no lo que sale."
"The bad neighbor sees what comes in and not what goes out:

"Donde una puerta se cierra, otra se abre."
"Wherever a door closes, another door opens."

"Llorabá lá casadá por su marido e ahorá le pesá porque há venido."
"The wife was crying for the absence of her husband and now she is regretful because he has returned."

"Quien canta, sus males espanta."
"He who sings, his worries scares away."

"Donde no hay amor, no hay dolor."
"Where there is no love, there is no pain."

"Tanto tienes, tanto vales."
"So much you have, so much you are worth."

"Madre a hija caber en uná camisa, suegrá e nuerá ni caber en lá tela."
"Mother and daughter fit into a shirt mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cannot get into the entire piece of material."

"Gramo a gramo se acaba el monton de antano."
"Gram by gram down goes what used to be a big heap."

"Mas cerca estan mis dientes que mis parientes."
"My teeth are closer to me than my relatives."

"El mal entra a brazadas y se va a pulgadas."
"Bad things come in by the armful and leave by inches."

"No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oir."
"There is no worse deaf person than the one who does not want to hear."