Portuguese proverbs

What is marriage, mother? Daughter, it is spinning, bearing children, and weeping.

Children pick up words, as pigeons peas, And utter them again as God shall please.

Never tell all that you know, or do all that you can, or believe all that you hear.

I renounce the friend who eats what is mine with me, and what is his own by himself.

The pitcher that goes often to the well leaves either its handle or its spout there.

Neither trust or contend, nor lay wagers or lend, and you'll have peace to your end.

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

Go to your rich friend's house when invited; to your poor friend's without invitation.

Honour a good man that he may honour you, and a bad man that he may not dishonour you.

Do not tell all that you know, don't believe all you hear, and don't do all that you can.

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