Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion.
More Spanish Proverbs:
When the summer is winter, and the winter is summer, it is a sorry year.Spanish
The snail, to be rid of annoyances, bartered its eyes for horns.
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When a fox is in his hole, the smoke fetches him out.
Spanish
A man without honor smells worse than a corpse.
Spanish
When God gives light he gives it for all.
Spanish
Don't believe what you see, husband, but only what I tell you.
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