It is better to receive awards that you don’t deserve rather than deserve them and not receive them.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying.Portuguese
Give me money, not advice.
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Never mention a rope in the house of a thief.
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To separate the men from the boys.
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Keep good company and you shall be of the number.
Portuguese
The bigger the river the bigger the fish.
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