Portuguese proverbs

Three or four daily will bring you to the bottom of the sack.

He never was a friend who ceased to be so for a slight cause.

It is well to know how to be silent till it is time to speak.

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

He is no great heir that inherits not his ancestor's virtues.

Seat yourself in your place, and they will not make you rise.

The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the hawk hunting him.

The chicken that stays in the farmyard, will peck the crumbs.

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

Broken friendship may be soldered but can never be made sound.

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