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Es antes la obligación que la devoción

 

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Old October 08, 2012, 03:21 AM
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Es antes la obligación que la devoción

In English?
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Old October 08, 2012, 05:25 AM
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Business comes before pleasure.
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And also "business before pleasure". Either way is equivalent, and saying/writing it without "come" may be more typical of proverbs.
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Even more succinctly, "Duty first."
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I agree.
Robin, you can also check the Idioms in Tomisimo, as you can see here,
http://www.tomisimo.org/idioms/es/pr...cion-9765.html

(By the way, more contributions in the Idiom section, will always be welcome, as these are very easy to access, and to use...) (Just a plug... I mean, I couldn't miss this opportunity to get in a plug for the excellent section of Idioms...)
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