Provérbios em inglês 12
Look on the sunny side of life
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Be positive in life |
Loose lips sink ships
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People who talk too much may give away important secrets that could harm themselves or others |
Love conquers all
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Love motivates people to make things work |
Love covers a multitude of sins
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When you treat people with love, compassion, kindness, forebearing etc. you make up for a lot of your own faults because it is right to love people |
Love makes the world go round
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Love is the important thing in life that makes life meaningful |
Love sees no faults
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Real love does not take into account the flaws of a person |
Love will find a way
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Love motivates people to look for solutions to all problems |
Man cannot live by bread alone
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It takes more than food to complete your life | |
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
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Do not rush into marriage because if you marry the wrong person, you will spend the rest of your life regretting it | |
Measure twice, cut once
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Consider your options carefully in order to make a good decision | |
( The ) meek shall inherit the earth
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The humble and the downtrodden but not the proud or the mighty will be rewarded with the best at the end of time | |
Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for
themselves
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man-made devices have their limits, and cannot do everything humans can |
Misery loves company
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unhappy people seem to like to make others unhappy too | |
Money cannot buy happiness
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You cannot buy joy, peace, contentment etc | |
Money isn't everything
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Riches cannot solve all your problems or bring you joy, peace, contentment etc. | |
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Money makes the world go round
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People work hard and go through a lot of pain just to earn more money as if it is what keeps them going | |
Monkey see, monkey do
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People without minds of their own tend to blindly do and say what others do and say | |
More haste, less speed
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The more you hurry, the slower you seem to progress because hurrying causes you to make mistakes | |
Nature, time and patience are three great
physicians
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The goodness of nature, time and being patient can bring healing | |
Never do things in halves
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Always complete a job as perfectly as you can | |
Never fall out with your bread and butter
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Do not quarrel with the people who pay you your salary or with your customers | |
Never give advice unless asked
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Do not assume that people need your help or that you have all the answers to help them, it is better to wait until you are asked for help | |
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is
doing
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Be discreet in all you do, do not tell others your deeds, especially your good deeds | |
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do
today
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Do not delay doing tasks and assignments | |
Never say die
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Never give up | |
never say never
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Always leave room for change | |
Never speak ill of the dead
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Do not talk badly about the departed | |
( It is ) never too late to repent
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It is never too late to say you are sorry, and to change your ways | |
( One is ) never too old to learn
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There is no age limit to acquiring knowledge | |
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles
you
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Do not go looking for trouble | |
( A ) nimble sixpence is better than a slow
shilling
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A capable person, even if he is slow or not well qualified, is more valuable than an inefficient person who may be highly qualified | |
No man can serve two masters
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You can only be faithful to one boss, leader etc | |
No man is an island
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Everyone needs the companionship of others | |
No man is content with his lot
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Most people seem to be dissatisfied with what they have, and want other things | |
No man is indispensable
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No man is so useful to others that people cannot do without him | |
No money, no justice
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In a corrupt legal system, you can bribe lawyers and judges to win a case for you |
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