Quotations by Tradizione portoghese

Achou o cego hum dinheiro.

The blind man has picked up a coin.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Obras saõ amores, e naõ palavras doces.

Deeds are love, and not sweet words.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mais descobre huma hora de jogo, que hum anno de conversaçaõ.

An hour of play discovers more than a year of conversation.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Dá Deos nozes a quem naõ tem dentes.

God has given nuts to one who has no teeth.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Menina e vinha, perál e favál, màos saõ de guardar.

A girl, a vineyard, an orchard, and a bean-field, are hard to watch.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Naõ ha mulher formosa no dia da voda, senaõ a noiva.

There’s no handsome woman on the wedding day, except the bride.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Obra de commum, obra de nenhum.

What’s everybody’s work is nobody’s work.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

A gallinha aparta-lhe o ninho, e pôr-te-ha o ovo.

Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay eggs for you.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Pequenas rachas accendem o fogo, e os madeiros grossos o sustentaõ.

Little chips kindle the fire, and big logs sustain it.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ninguem he bom juiz em causa propria.

No one is a good judge in his own cause.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Onde fogo naõ ha, fumo naõ se levanta.

Where there is no fire, no smoke rises.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Nunca se matou ouriço cacheiro às punhadas.

Hedgehogs are not to be killed with the fist.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Alcança quem naõ cança.

Who faints not, achieves.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

O filho de tua visinha, tira-lhe o ranho, e casa-o com tua filha.

Wipe the nose of your neighbour’s son, and marry him to your daughter.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

O fim coroa a obra.

The end crowns the work.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Molher, vento, e ventura asinha se muda.

Woman, wind, and luck soon change.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Este hé meu amigo, que móe no meu moinho.

He is my friend who grinds at my mill.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mais val hum toma, que dous te darei.

Better is one “Take this,” than two “I-will-give-you.”

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Contas na maõ, e o demonio no coraçaõ.

Rosary in hand, the devil at heart.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Arrenego do amigo que come o meu comigo, e o seu comsigo.

I renounce the friend who eats what is mine with me, and what is his own by himself.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Do bom, bom penhor, e do máo, nenhum penhor nem fiador.

Of the good man a good pledge, and of the bad neither pledge nor surety.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tarde dar, e negar, estaõ a par.

To be slow in giving and to refuse, are alike.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Bons costumes, e muito dinheiro, faraõ a meu filho cavalleiro.

Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentleman.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Assaz caro compra, quem roga.

He buys very dear who begs.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857