You have lent and not recovered; and if recovered, not so much; and if so much, not such; and if such, a mortal enemy.

Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Emprestaste, e naõ cobraste; e se cobraste, naõ tanto; e se tanto, naõ tal; e se tal, inimigo mortal.

You have lent and not recovered; and if recovered, not so much; and if so much, not such; and if such, a mortal enemy.

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