Abbot Proverbs

A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred. (Spanish Proverb)
The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk. View proverb
Italian Proverb
He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
As the abbot sings the sacristan responds. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
"o what we must suffer for the sake of God's church!” said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers. View proverb
German Proverb
No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk. View proverb
French Proverb
The monk responds as the abbot chants. View proverb
French Proverb
What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul. View proverb
Spanish Proverb