Better to bend than break.
More Spanish Proverbs:
He who is everybody's friend is either very poor or very rich.Spanish
He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face.
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Don't worry if people call you ordinary -- only if you are ordinary.
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Michael is quits; he lost a ducat and gained a rabbit.
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The dog that has its bitch in town never barks well.
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Call no man happy till he dies.
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