Proverbs and old sayings, page 1625

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about criminals

Don't make yourself poor to one who won't make you rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth, contentment

Better to be queen for an hour than a countess for life.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about life

Taking out without putting in, soon comes to the bottom.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

He who has four and spends five, has no need of a purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about need

It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad

A rich widow weeps in one eye and laughs with the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth

To make an error is human, keep doing it is foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about error, human imperfections

It's hard to please Greeks and Trojans at the same time.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about time

Let not the bottom of your purse or of your mind be seen.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about mind

Let the guts be full, for it is they that carry the legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The key at the girdle keeps me good and my neighbour too.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

One hand washes the other and both of them wash the face.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about face

A dog that has been bitten by a snake, fears the sausage.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

He is an old saint, any may leave it in the hands of God.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about saints, god, old, olderness

Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay eggs for you.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment

To make a error is human; pushing the same error is dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about error, human imperfections

If marriage were a good thing, it wouldn't need witnesses.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about marriage, things, need, good, good luck

From Spain can come neither good winds nor good marriages.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

I renounce the golden basin in which I have to spit blood.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about blood