Provérbios em inglês 9
Every man has his price
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If you offer someone enough money, he will be willing to do anything for you | |
Every man is his own worst enemy
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A lot of people tend to hurt their own chance at success because of negative-mindedness, fear, ignorance, unresolved issues | |
Every man must carry his own cross
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Everyone has to carry his burden or responsibilities in life | |
Every picture tells a story
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Every situation has an explanation | |
Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to
die
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Everyone wants to enjoy success, but few are willing to work hard or take the risks involved in achieving it | |
Example is better than precept
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It is better to show by example than to advise, order or tell people to be upright | |
Experience is the mother of wisdom
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You become wiser as you gain more experience in life | |
Facts are stubborn things
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You cannot change the facts of a case | |
Failure teaches success
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People can learn from their failures and mistakes | |
Faith will move mountains
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Miracles will happen when you believe that they will | |
Familiarity breeds contempt
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People tend to lose respect for people they are close to or in close company with all the time | |
Fear is stronger than love
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Fear is often a stronger emotion or motivation than even love | |
Fear of death is worse than death itself
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Fear is often a crippling emotion because it is so powerful | |
Fine feathers make fine birds
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You can pretend to be rich, famous etc. by dressing the part | |
Fine words butter no parsnips
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Just talking about something is not going to get the job done | |
First deserve, then desire
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Before you begin to hope about possessing something, make sure you are qualified for it | |
First things first
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Do the more urgent and important things first | |
First think, and then speak
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Think about what you are going to say before you speak | |
Flattery brings friends, truth enemies
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People like to hear good things said about them although they may not be the truth | |
Fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on
me
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You should be alert to people trying to get the better of you | |
Fretting cares make grey hairs
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Worrying is a negative activity that can age you prematurely | |
Garbage in, garbage out
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If the information or input you provide is wrong, the end result will also be below par or flawed | |
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to
fish and you feed him for a lifetime
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It is better to teach people how to be independent by teaching them how to do things for themselves than to do everything for them | |
Give and take is fair play
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You should be willing to give in partly to others if you want them to give in partly to you | |
Give credit where credit is due
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Appreciate someone for the good work he ahs done | |
Give him an inch and he'll want a yard
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Some people always take advantage of favor that is shown them | |
Good fences make good neighbors
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Respect people's privacy and their territory | |
Good wine needs no bush
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Products of good quality do not need a lot of advertising, as their quality alone shows their worth | |
Goodness is better than beauty
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Inner beauty is more valuable than outer beauty | |
Grasp all, lose all
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If you are too greedy and try to grab everything you see, you might lose that and everything you have too | |
Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same
tree
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Everyone has a common beginning, and therefore, no one is above another | |
Happy wife, happy life
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If you have a happy or good life partner, you will be happy and contented | |
Hard words break no bones
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Ignore insults as they cannot physically harm you, and will only harm you emotionally if you let them | |
Haste makes waste
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Things that are done in a hurry are usually done sloppily, and may contain careless mistakes | |
He is rich who owes nothing
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A person who owes no one a debt is free of worry, and therefore, rich, in a sense | |
He is the best general who makes the fewest
mistakes
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A good leader rarely makes mistakes |
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