14 Bolivian Proverbs
1. A quarrel is like buttermilk, the more you stir it, the more sour it grows.
2. A thrashing river is a fisherman's bounty.
3. An altercation is like buttermilk -- the more you stir it, the sourer it gets.
4. Good comes from far away; evil is close at hand.
5. He who marries prudence is the brother-in-law of peace.
6. If you marry wise judgment, peace will become your brother-in-law.
7. It is better to eat bread with love than fowl with grief.
8. It's easier to know your enemies than to know your friends.
9. Love and prudence are absolutely incompatible.
10. Love flies away and the pain remains.
11. May the sun set on where my love dwells.
12. Science makes men arrogant; wealth makes them fools.
13. The beauty of the man is in his intelligence and the intelligence of the woman is in her beauty.
14. To 'get out of my house.' or 'what do you want with my wife?' there is no answer.
14 Bolivian Proverbs