A good cock was never fat.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
The man of your own trade is your enemy.Portuguese
The wine-skin has its reasons for smelling of pitch.
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Give a grateful man more than he asks.
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Children: one is one, two is fun, three is a houseful.
Portuguese
Faith has no eyes; he who asks to see has no faith.
Portuguese
Never mention a rope in the house of a thief.
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