Though we may pluck flowers by the way we may not sleep among flowers.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
He is your friend who gets you out of a scrape.Portuguese
Death spares neither Pope nor beggar.
Portuguese
Money soothes more than the words of a cavalier.
Portuguese
Don't leave the high road for a short cut.
Portuguese
Better mine than ours.
Portuguese
Go to your rich friend's house when invited; to your poor friend's without invitation.
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