Na arca aberta o justo pecca.An open box tempts an honest man.
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Molle molle, se vai longe.Fair and softly goes far.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBoy que me escornou, em boa parte me deitou.The ox that tossed me threw me into a good place.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais asinha se toma hum mentiroso, que hum coxo.A liar is sooner caught than a cripple.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMudar costume, parelha da morte.To change one’s habits smacks of death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMelhor he dar a ruins, que pedir a bons.Better have to give than have to beg.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA mingoa de paõ, boas saõ tortas.In default of bread, meal cakes are good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO mentir naõ paga sisa.Lying pays no tax.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNaõ he pobre, senaõ o que se tem por pobre.No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBarriga quente, pé dormente.The belly warm, the foot at rest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO hospede, e o peixe a os tres dias fede.A guest and a fish stink in three days.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNem com toda a fóme á arca, nem com toda a sede ao cantaro.Go not with every hunger to the cupboard, nor with every thirst to the pitcher.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val ganhar no lodo, que perder no ouro.Better gain in mud than lose in gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val callar, que mal fallar.Better be silent than speak ill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMuda-te, mudar-se-te-ha a fortuna.Change yourself, and fortune will change with you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDarei a vida, e alma, mas naõ a albarda.My life and soul at your service, but not the pack-saddle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesComa o máo bocado, quem comeo o bom.Let him eat the tough morsel who eat the tender.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArrufos de namorados saõ amores dobrados.Lovers’ quarrels are love redoubled.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais quero asno que me leve, que cavallo que me derrube.Better an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO sacco do genro nunca he cheio.The son-in-law’s sack is never full.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCasarás, e amansarás.Marry, and grow tame.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChover no molhado.To rain upon the wet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais quero para meus dentes, que para meus parentes.I want more for my teeth than for my relations.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBons, e máos mantem cidade.Good and bad make up a city.
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