Hedgehogs are not to be killed with the fist.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
One misfortune brings on another.Portuguese
The hen that stays at home picks up the crumbs.
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The hen that stays at home picks up the crumbs.
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Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.
Portuguese
Children tell in the highway what they hear by the fireside.
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The envious man's face grows lean and his eye swells.
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