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The envious man's face grows lean and his eye swells.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about face, man

All the world will beat the man whom fortune buffets.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth, world, man

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a king.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about blind, man

What the fool does at last the wise man does at first.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man

If a poor man gives to you, he expects more in return.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man, contentment

Let every man look to the bread upon which he must depend.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man

Never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house, man

Give a hint to the man of sense, and consider the thing done.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about common sense, sense, things, man

An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house, man

Let every man mind his own business, and leave others to theirs.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about affair, mind, man

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

Beware of a man that does not talk, and of a dog that does not bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man

An empty purse, and a finished house, make a man wise, but too late.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house, man

A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last long.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wine, good, good luck, man

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

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

Chastise the good man, he will grow better; chastise the bad, and he will grow worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad, good, good luck, man

Eat the bread of the man you hate and also of him you love.

Proverbs and old sayings about hate, love, contentment, man

A man who chases two rabbits catches none.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

Money makes the man.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about money, man