Guanajuato: Llegada

“La verdad es que mientras más enojado estoy con este país y más lejos viajo, más mexicano me siento.” ― Jorge Ibargüengoitia

Wounds from the knife are healed but not those from the tongue. – Mexican Proverb

A golden cage is still a cage. – Mexican Proverb

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. – Mexican Proverb

No road is safer than the one just robbed. – Mexican Proverb

Where there was fire, ashes remain. – Mexican Proverb

There’s no worse struggle than one that never begins. – Mexican Proverb

The throat must pay for what the tongue may say. – Mexican Proverb

The most desirable woman is always the one that belongs to someone else. – Mexican Proverb

The brave one lives as long as the coward let’s him. – Mexican Proverb

One string is good enough to a good musician. – Mexican Proverb

“During one of these arguments, Diego picked up one of his paintings of the Mexican desert and shouted, "I don't want to go back to that!" He had spent fifteen years in Paris and the life of an expatriate suited him. It was easier to be a passionate Mexican nationalist when he wasn't living there.” ― Malka Drucker

Never ask God to give you anything. Ask him to put you where things are. – Mexican Proverb

Money is a good servant but an evil master. – Mexican Proverb

Let the water you cannot drink flow by. – Mexican Proverb

Gold, when beaten, shines. – Peruvian Proverb

A secret between two is God’s secret. A secret between three is known to all. – Mexican Proverb

Everyone knows where their own shoes pinches them. – Mexican Proverb

False hope kills more readily than bitter truth. – Mexican Proverb

Great deeds are reserved for great men. – Mexican Proverb

Don’t worry if someone does not like you. Most people are struggling to like themselves. – Karen Salmansohn

The tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. – Mexican Proverb