From Portuguese folk proverbs and sayings

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Portuguese - living in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, Indigenous people of Portugal. The total population is over 31,2 million. Most of them speak Portuguese and some of them speak Miranda.

 

  1. Some get rich by donating, while some become poor even if they steal.
  2. Knowledge does not take place.
  3. A swallowed whole is a lost taste.
  4. An empty head is the devil's office.
  5. Gossip is like coal, if you don't burn it, it will hurt.
  6. Lazy people always live in poverty.
  7. A rented horse never gets tired.
  8. Don't beat yourself up in poverty, don't be proud if you get rich.
  9. Better a poor horse than no horse at all.
  10. Love is like the moon - if it doesn't grow, it shrinks.
  11. In a house without bread, everyone is happy, but no one is right.
  12. People age faster because they don’t live, not because they live.
  13. Leaking water does not turn the mill.
  14. There should be only one treasurer in a house with money.
  15. Good sailors are not trained in calm water.
  16. Righteousness is a quality that others want to have.
  17. A full stomach does not seek knowledge.
  18. He wants to be married.
  19. The narrator adds at least one point.
  20. It is easier to catch a liar than to catch a cripple.
  21. A good student is known in the absence of a teacher.

 

Arif Tolib translation

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