Under the sackcloth there is something else.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.Portuguese
He is an old saint, any may leave it in the hands of God.
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Better keep, than have to beg.
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Better keep, than have to beg.
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Trust not tow with firebrands, not a woman with men.
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The chicken that stays in the farmyard, will peck the crumbs.
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