MEXICAN MAXIMS
.' It is .better to go, round than .toliajl down.L . Ex- • pressing the r fact that it~ is" of ten -better l to -avoid . difficulty .than to try to overcome X%~.. r . . The devil is . not astute because' 'he is the devil ' .' Uut because he is old, Lised tq..iexpres,s - the value of ■ experience/. -" •■'-'-• Is*.* When it' rains we' - all - get' wet? .r-The Mexican,- way ■of saying,, 'Misfbrturies ."ne.ver, come -singly 3r vj! }/.- - When bread is cut'erumbs^re^effc^f Expyes^ng "ihe 7 fact . that we . all have a fshare id; oiir neighbor's; 1 good x fortune. ' ' ■• ~'•s ■' ..; -i-.-% . -^ ,: . . -After , the child is drowned cover up the well. The Mexican way\of saying, .-' Aft.ei^ ,theu horse as stolen, ;•. lock ' the stable.' .' "\ - i >:'- ,'f v>*
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 37
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120MEXICAN MAXIMS New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 37
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