One good word puts out the flames better than a bucket of water.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about word, water, good, good luck
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One grain does not full the granary, but it helps its companion.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Better is a leap over the ditch than the entreaties of good men.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man, good, good luck
Soft water constantly striking the hard stone, wears it at last.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about water
Let every man mind his own business, and leave others to theirs.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about affair, mind, man
It fares ill with the house when the distaff commands the sword.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house
The ass does not know the value of his tail till he has lost it.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about value
Give orders, and do it yourself, and you will be rid of anxiety.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment
He who has a glass roof must not throw stones at his neighbour's.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Thinking of where you are going, you forget from whence you came.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thinking, contentment
There is plenty of corn in Castile, but he who has none, starves.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Neither handsome enough to kill nor ugly enough to frighten away.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Lay your hand on your bosom and you will not speak ill of another.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment
Send a man of sense on the embassy, and you need not instruct him.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about common sense, sense, need, man, contentment
Whilst the tall maid is stooping, the little one sweeps the house.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house
A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house
Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about stores, money
The ass embraced the thistle, and they found themselves relations.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Tell your friends a lie; if he keeps it secret tell him the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about secret, lie, truth
