Proverbs from Costa Rica

 

 

 

Once does not mean frequently, and twice does not mean constantly.

 

 

 

The last to breathe is the first to drown.

 

 

 

There is no evil without goodness.

 

 

 

To give in order to receive is not to give, but to beg.

 

 

 

All people have their friend and their enemy within themselves.

 

 

 

Every word has three definitions and three interpretations.

 

 

 

Envy shoots as others and wounds herself.

 

 

 

A mind can make a heaven out of hell, or a hell out of heaven.

 

 

 

Beauty and folly are constant companions.