Dichos, Refranes, y Citas

Question 1

A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda.

Answer 1

The one who gets up early, God helps him.

Question 2

Es mejor haber amado y perdido que no haber amado nunca. (el señor Alfred Tennyson)

Answer 2

‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Question 3

A buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.

Answer 3

To the one who is good at understanding, a few words are enough

Question 4

No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.

Answer 4

Don’t leave for tomorrow that which you can do today. (Or, more colloquially, Don’t do tomorrow what you can do today.)

Question 5

Aun si supiera que mañana el mundo se habría de desintegrar, igual plantaría mi manzano. (Martín Luther)

Answer 5

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. (Martin Luther)

Question 6

La pluma es la lengua del alma. (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Answer 6

The pen is the language of the soul. (Cervantes)

Question 7

Dichosos los pacificadores, porque serán llamados los hijos de Dios. (Jesús de Nazaret)

Answer 7

Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. (Jesus of Nazareth)

Question 8

No hables de la soga en casa del ahorcado.

Answer 8

Don’t talk about the noose in the house of the hanged man.

Question 9

El amor mira no con los ojos, sino con la mente. (William Shakespeare)

Answer 9

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. (William Shakespeare)

Question 10

El poder tiende a corromper, el poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente. (el señor Acton)

Answer 10

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. (Lord Acton)

Question 11

Los débiles no pueden perdonar. El perdón es un atributo de los poderosos. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Answer 11

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Question 12

Habla poco, escucha más, y no errarás.

Answer 12

Talk a little, listen a lot, and you won’t make mistakes.

Question 13

A veces es más fatal, la medicina que el mal.

Answer 13

Sometimes the medicine is more fatal than the illness.

Question 14

Sin leña se apaga el fuego; sin chismes se acaba el pleito. (Proverbios 26:20, Santa Biblia, traducción NVI)

Answer 14

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. (Proverbs 26:20, Holy Bible, NIV translation)

Question 15

El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho. (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Answer 15

The one who reads a lot and walks a lot will see a lot and know a lot. (Cervantes)

Question 16

A gran prisa, gran vagar.

Answer 16

Much hurrying leads to much wandering.

Question 17

El hombre que se levanta es aún más grande que el que no ha caído. (Concepción Arenal, socióloga española)

Answer 17

The one who lifts himself up is even greater than the one who has not fallen. (Concepción Arenal, Spanish sociologist)

Question 18

Dime y lo olvido, enséñame y lo recuerdo, involúcrame y lo aprendo. (Benjamín Franklin)

Answer 18

You tell me, and I forget. You teach me, and I remember. You involve me, and I learn. (Benjamin Franklin)

Question 19

Es más fácil perdonar a un enemigo que a un amigo. (William Blake)

Answer 19

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. (William Blake)

Question 20

El que sabe que es un loco no está muy loco. (Chuang-Tzu)

Answer 20

The one who believes he’s a crazy person isn’t very crazy. (Chuang-Tzu)

Question 21

A su tiempo maduran las uvas.

Answer 21

Grapes ripen in their time.

Question 22

No hay mal que por bien no venga.

Answer 22

There is no evil from which good doesn’t come.

Question 23

Donde haya un árbol que plantar, plántalo tú. Donde haya un error que enmendar, enmiéndalo tú. Donde haya un esfuerzo que todos esquivan, hazlo tú. Sé tú el que aparta la piedra del camino. (Gabriela Mistral, poeta chilena)

Answer 23

Where there is a tree to plant, plant it. Where there is a mistake to correct, correct it. Where there is an effort that everyone avoids, do it. You be the one who moves the stone off the path. (Gabriela Mistal, Chilean poet)

Question 24

El amor tiene fácil la entrada y difícil la salida. (Lope de Vega, poeta español)

Answer 24

Love has an easy entrance and a difficult exit. (Lope de Vega, Spanish poet)

Question 25

A mujer bonita o rica, todo el mundo la critica.

Answer 25

Everyone criticizes a rich or beautiful woman.

Question 26

El hombre nace sin dientes, sin cabello y sin ilusiones. Y muere lo mismo: sin dientes, sin cabellos y sin ilusiones. (Alejandro Dumas, novelista y dramaturgo francés)

Answer 26

Man is born without teeth, without hair and without illusions. And he dies the same way: without teeth, without hair and without illusions. (Alejandro Dumas, French novelist and playwright)

Question 27

El amigo de todo el mundo no es un amigo. (Aristóteles)

Answer 27

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