19 Colombian Proverbs
1. A lame man always speaks when it's time to run.
2. All fear has much imagination and little talent.
3. Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.
4. Clean hands offend no one.
5. He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles.
6. He who overcomes his passions overcomes his greatest enemies.
7. He who shows a passion tells his enemy where he may hit him.
8. Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones.
9. It's better to be the pot than the lid.
10. Poverty does not destroy virtue nor wealth bestow it.
11. See and believe, and in order not to make a mistake, touch.
12. Suit the behavior to the occasion.
13. Take the bull by the horns and the man at his word.
14. The person who gives away his belongings will slowly become a beggar.
15. The person who recognizes his major mistakes is on the road to wisdom.
16. There is no better friend than a burden.
17. To love and be wise is impossible.
18. When force is imposed, the law is a joke.
19. Who is always sad, does not even have fun when drunk.
19 Colombian Proverbs