He who makes more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you.
Tradizione portoghese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Quem te faz festa, naõ soendo fazer, ou te quer enganar, ou te há mister.
He who makes more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you.
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