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" Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's. "
A Dictionary of Spanish Proverbs - Page 204
by John Collins (merchant.) - 1823 - 391 pages
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Season of the Jew: A Novel

Maurice Shadbolt - Māori (New Zealand people) - 1990 - 404 pages
...further.' 'When all's said and done he's no more than another Maori. ' 'When all's said and done a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's. For God's sake, man, get everyone off here. ' 'My men are readied for further advance,'...
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Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Fiction - 1998 - 1000 pages
...of him, The dead mare was frightened at the flayed mule: and, your worship is very sensible that a fool knows more in his own house, than a wise man in that of his neighbour.' 'There, Sancho, you are mistaken, answered Don Quixote; a fool knows nothing either...
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Seniloquium: Refranes que dizen los viejos

Diego García de Castro - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 432 pages
...Más sabe el loqo en su casa que el cuerdo en la agena. COVARRUBIAS, loco, 770b; cuerdo, 378a: Más sabe el loco en su casa que el cuerdo en la agena; aquí se toma loco por el hombre arrojado y inconsiderado en las cosas graves y públicas, pero en...
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Sesiones del Congreso Nacional, Issues 1-4

Chile. Congreso Nacional - 1864 - 688 pages
...Municipalidad de Copiapó, que decían: no podemos pagar esta cantidad, i porque consideraba también que mas sabe el loco en su casa que el cuerdo en la ajena. Pero el Honorable Diputado por Caupolican, con los- datos que ha presentado a la Cámara para...
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Vindicación de México: antología

Niceto de Zamacois - Mexico - 2007 - 280 pages
...Sancho, y tengo en el magín aquel refrán que dice coda uno en su casa y Dios en la de todos, y que mas sabe el loco en su casa que el cuerdo en la ajena. Contentaréme, pues, con bosquejar de la manera que pueda, y como Dios me dé a entender, a...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

English literature - 1825 - 626 pages
...could have peace of conscience, that run out of his estate." The other is a Spanish proverb ; that " a fool knows more in his own house, than a wise man in another's." The conversation turning upon our discussion last time respecting anglers, the Dean said...
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