Bocado comido naõ ganha amigo.A morsel eaten gains no friend.
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Mãi, que cousa he casar? Filha, fiar, parir, e chorar.What is marriage, mother? Daughter, it is spinning, bearing children, and weeping.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO mal, que naõ tem cura, he loucura.The malady that is most incurable is folly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNem barbeiro mudo, nem cantor surdo.Neither a dumb barber nor a deaf singer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais abranda o dinheiro, que palavra de cavalleiro.Money soothes more than the words of a cavalier.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBem canta Martha, depois de farta.Martha sings well when she has had her fill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTaõ bom he Pedro como seu amo.Jack is as good as his master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNinguem sempre acerta.No one is always right.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO moço, e o gallo hum sò anno.A servant and a cock must be kept but one year.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCantaro que vai muitas vezes á fonte, ou deixa a aza, ou a fronte.The pitcher that goes often to the well leaves its handle or its spout there.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO homem pobre a dobrado custo come.The poor man eats at double cost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais vém quatro olhos, que dous.Four eyes see more than two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA muita conversaçaõ he causa de menos preço.Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val bem de longe, que mal de perto.Better a distant good than a near evil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMais val só, que mal accompanhado.Better alone than in bad company.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe máo ninho naõ cries passarinho.Do not rear a bird of a bad breed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBem cheira a ganancia, donde quer que vem.Gain has a pleasant odour, come whence it will.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe pai santo, filho diabo.The father a saint, the son a devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFeita a lei, cuidada a malicia.The law devised, its evasion contrived.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCada dia tres, e quatro, chegarás ao fundo do sacco.Three or four daily will bring you to the bottom of the sack.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTempo, e hora naõ se ata com soga.Time and the hour are not to be tied with a rope.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGato escaldado da agoa fria há medo.A scalded cat dreads cold water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCurtas tem as pernas a mentira.A lie has short legs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAma-se a traiçaõ, aborrece-se o traidor.The treason approved, the traitor abhorred.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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