Portuguese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
595 Portuguese Proverbs
Concealed goodness is a sort of vice.
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Confess and be hanged.
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Counterfeit coin passes current at night.
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Crows do not peck out crow's eyes.
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Dead men tell no tales.
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Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear.
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Death spares neither Pope nor beggar.
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Death squares all accounts.
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Deeds are love, and not sweet words.
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Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten.
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Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp.
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Do ill, and expect the like.
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Do not rear a bird of a bad breed.
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Don't be a baker if your head is made of butter.
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Don't leave the high road for a short cut.
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Don't let the bastards grind you down.
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Don't let the cat out of the bag.
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Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
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Don't make yourself poor to one who won't make you rich.
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Don't pull hard enough to break the rope.
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Don't put all you eggs in one basket.
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Eat of your own, and call yourself mine (i.e. Be my servant and
find yourself).
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Eat the wind and swallow bitterness.
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Eat to live, not live to eat.
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Eat with him, and beware of him.
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