When fire and water are at war, it is the fire that loses.
More Spanish Proverbs:
What is much desired is not believed when it comes.Spanish
The wind changes every day, a woman every second.
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He will never worship well the image on the altar who knew it when it was a trunk of wood in the garden.
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Cleanliness is next to godliness.
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Much talking, much erring.
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The father a saint, the son a sinner.
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