Portuguese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
595 Portuguese Proverbs
King's entreaties are commands.
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Kings have long arms.
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Laws go where dollars please.
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Laws go where money pleases.
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Lay your hand on your bosom and you will not speak ill of
another.
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Layovers for meddlers.
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Lean meat from a fat pig.
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Let every man look to the bread upon which he must depend.
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Let every man mind his own business, and leave others to theirs.
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Let every one be content with what God has given him.
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Let every sheep hand by its own leg.
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Let him eat the tough morsel who eat the tender.
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Let not him that has a mouth ask another to blow.
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Let not the bottom of your purse or of your mind be seen.
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Let the dog bark at me, so he don't bite me.
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Let the giver be silent and the receiver speak.
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Like father, like son.
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Like king, like law; like law, like people.
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Little chips kindle fire, and big logs sustain it.
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Live to live and you will learn to live.
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Love has no law.
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Love knows no law.
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Lovers' quarrels are love redoubled.
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Lying pays no tax.
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Mad as a wet hen.
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