[Dichos] Tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe

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"Tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe"

The pitcher goes to the well once too often and it breaks

warning someone who does the same thing over and over again

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Dichos are collected from multiple sources, including but not limited to:

 - "Refranes. Southwestern Spanish Proverbs", by Ruben Cobos
 - "Dichos. Proverbs and Sayings from the Spanish", by Charles Aranda
 - "Diccinario del Espanol Chicano", by R. Galvan and R. Teschner
 - "A dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs", Mark Glazer
 - "Finding the right words", New Mexico Magazine, by Don J. Usner
 - "Dichos: Guideposts for good character", Taos News, Don J. Usner
 - personal contributors: Craig Stamm of Santa Fe, NM

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