Great Throughts Treasury

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Portuguese Proverbs

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"Laws go where dollars please."

"A small hatchet fells a great oak."

"The coward is always in danger."

"Shut your door and you will make your neighbor good."

"What was hard to bear is sweet to remember."

"Past waters don't power mills."

"One man’s happiness is another man’s sadness."

"Dog that barks doesn't bite."

"Better alone than in bad company."

"Haste makes waste."

"Do not look a gift horse in the mouth."

"All that glitters is not gold."

"Enjoy every moment because life is short."

"He who treads softly goes far."

"Better late than never."

"Do as I say, not as I do."

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

"Once bitten twice shy."

"Do not count your chickens before they hatched."

"Do not put off for tomorrow what you can do today."

"Do not put the cart before the horse."

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"Give and you shall receive."

"When one speaks, the other should listen."

"Love is blind."

"He who laughs last, laughs best."

"Where there is smoke there is fire."

"It takes two to begin a fight."

"You reap what you sow."

"There is more than one way to skin a cat. Make do with what you have."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

"Rome was not built in a day."

"Scratch my back and I will scratch yours."

"Time is money."

"A little leak will sink a great ship."

"A fast horse does not want the spur."

"A beggar's wallet is never full."

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

"Beware of the dog that does not bark."

"An angry man heeds no counsel."

"Better have to give than have to beg."

"Don't let the cat out of the bag."

"Death squares all accounts."

"Eat to live, not live to eat."

"Don't put all you eggs in one basket."

"Children married, cares increased."

"Every land to its own custom, every wheel its own spindle."

"Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten."

"Give a grateful man more than he asks."

"Friends are known in adversity."