12 Proverbs about Abbot
1. ![No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk.. French Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk.
2. ![The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk.. Italian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk.
3. ![A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.
4. ![Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin.
5. ![As the abbot sings the sacristan responds.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
As the abbot sings the sacristan responds.
6. ![He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar.
7. ![He who was first an acolyte, and afterwards an abbot or curate, knows what the boys do behind the altar.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
He who was first an acolyte, and afterwards an abbot or curate, knows what the boys do behind the altar.
8. ![What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul.. Spanish Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul.
9. ![The monk responds as the abbot chants.. French Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
The monk responds as the abbot chants.
10. ![The monk responds as the abbot chants.. German Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
The monk responds as the abbot chants.
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