Portuguese proverbs

The thief proceeds from a needle to gold, and from gold to the gallows.

Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.

How did you rear so many children? By being fondest of the little ones.

If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom.

Of the good man a good pledge, and of the bad neither pledge nor surety.

If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.

If you have a friend who is a physician, send him to your enemy's house.

Never say, of this water I will not drink, of this bread I will not eat.

The mother-in-law does not remember that she was once a daughter-in-law.

You will know what something is really worth, when you loose it forever.

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