Portuguese ProverbsDefinitions

The Accomplice is as bad as the thief.

Adversity is attractive when seen over the shoulder. What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

Anticipation is wise — better anticipate than be anticipated.

Experience is the teacher of life.

Fatness is not bad — a goose, a woman, and a goat are bad things lean

The Friend is the flower in the garden of life.

A Friend is to be taken with his faults.

Happiness is desiring only what we may and doing only what we ought.

Hunger is a bad counsellor.

Inclination is the first step to knowledge,

Ingratitude is the sepulchre of love.