My chest locked, my soul safe.
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Soft water constantly striking the hard stone, wears it at last.Portuguese
If a poor man gives to you, he expects more in return.
Portuguese
Friends and mules fail us at hard passes.
Portuguese
The cat well knows whose beard she licks.
Portuguese
A dog in the manger, that neither eats nor lets others eat.
Portuguese
Every land to its own custom, every wheel its own spindle.
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