Galician Proverbs

Galician Proverbs rise from Spain’s rainy Atlantic northwest, where Celtic echoes and the Camino de Santiago shape daily life. They value dry humor, thrift, and grit, forged in fishing ports, stone villages, and long emigration.

He who plays with a sword plays with the devil. (Galician Proverb)
The cow that does not eat with the oxen, either eats before or after them. View proverb
Galician Proverb
The fox goes through the corn and does not eat, but brushes it down with his tail. View proverb
Galician Proverb
You a lady, I a lady, who is to put the sow out of doors? View proverb
Galician Proverb
The hen's eyes are where her eggs are. View proverb
Galician Proverb
The bad neighbour gives a needle without thread. View proverb
Galician Proverb
I see by my mother-in-law's eyes when the devil takes hold of her. View proverb
Galician Proverb
He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple. View proverb
Galician Proverb
He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others. View proverb
Galician Proverb
A church stone drops gold. View proverb
Galician Proverb
Friends and mules fail in hard trials. (Galician Proverb)
The devil is fond of his own. View proverb
Galician Proverb
He that promises most will perform least. View proverb
Galician Proverb
Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. View proverb
Galician Proverb
Every day good luck to thee, and no day of sorrow be. View proverb
Galician Proverb
As thou valuest yourself, others will esteem thee. View proverb
Galician Proverb
Carelessness is worse than a thief. View proverb
Galician Proverb
He who lies in the mud will rise dirty. View proverb
Galician Proverb
In the shelter of each other, the people live. View proverb
Galician Proverb
The child that is left to himself will put his mother to shame. View proverb
Galician Proverb
You a lady, I a lady who is to drive out the sow? (Galician Proverb)
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between. View proverb
Galician Proverb
He that will not look forward must look behind. View proverb
Galician Proverb
If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. View proverb
Galician Proverb
Modesty is the beauty of women. View proverb
Galician Proverb
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