Of the good man a good pledge, and of the bad neither pledge nor surety.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck, bad luck, bad, man
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If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about enemies, money, man, contentment
If you have a friend who is a physician, send him to your enemy's house.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about enemies, home, house, contentment
Never say, of this water I will not drink, of this bread I will not eat.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about drinking, water
The mother-in-law does not remember that she was once a daughter-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about law, mother
You will know what something is really worth, when you loose it forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment
There is no pleasure that does not pall, the more so if it costs nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure, nothing
Go not with every ailment to the doctor, nor with every plaint to lawyer.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
He made a pit and digged it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
There are many ways to leave this world but only one way to come into it.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about world
He should not complain of being cheated who buys the cloth by the sample.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about being
Basketeer who makes a basket makes a hundred if he's given line and time.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about time
If you have a friend who is a doctor, then send him to your enemy's house.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about enemies, home, house, contentment
Go to bed late, rise early, you will see your own harm and that of others.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment
A finger's length in a sword, and a palm in a lance, are a great advantage.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Visits always give pleasure -- if not at the arrival, then at the departure.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure
If you would grow poor without perceiving it, employ workmen and go to sleep.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about sleep, contentment
Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don't lend anything to the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth
When it is in an unlucky phase, the vulture below, shits on the vulture above.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Eat of your own, and call yourself mine (i.e. Be my servant and find yourself).
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
