Portuguese proverbs

It fares ill with the house when the distaff commands the sword.

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

The ass does not know the value of his tail till he has lost it.

Give orders, and do it yourself, and you will be rid of anxiety.

He who has a glass roof must not throw stones at his neighbour's.

Thinking of where you are going, you forget from whence you came.

Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.

There is plenty of corn in Castile, but he who has none, starves.

Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.

Neither handsome enough to kill nor ugly enough to frighten away.

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