Provérbios em inglês 13
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No pain, no gain 
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You must be ready to make sacrifices to get what you want badly | 
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No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken lips sink 
ships 
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However tempted you may be to retaliate, try not to because revenge is a negative pursuit | 
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No rose is without a thorn 
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Nothing on earth is perfect | 
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No time like the present 
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Now is the best time to do something | 
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Nothing comes free 
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Unfortunately, everything in life has a price attached to it | 
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Nothing succeeds like success 
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When a person starts being successful, he is likely to continue being successful | 
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained 
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One must take risks in order to succeed at anything | 
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Old habits die hard 
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It is difficult to change a long-time habit | |
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One good turn deserves another 
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Always be ready to show kindness to people who have been kind to you | |
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One man's junk is another man's treasure 
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People have different tastes, preferences, perceptions of the same thing | |
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one man's loss is another man's gain 
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What is a disadvantage to one person can be an advantage to another | |
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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom 
fighter 
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There are always two sides to an argument and two perspectives to consider | 
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Opportunity seldom knocks twice 
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You must be ready to grab an opportunity when it comes your way | |
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Patience is a virtue 
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Patience is an advantage and a good trait to nurture in yourself | |
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Politics makes a strange bedfellows 
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In politics, people who have always been opponents often work together at different times for their own interests | |
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Poverty is no crime 
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The poor should not be despised | |
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Practise what you preach 
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Do what you advise others to do | |
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Pride comes before a fall 
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An extremely proud person runs the risk of being humbled in front of everyone | |
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Procrastination is the thief of time 
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To delay doing your work only wastes your time | |
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Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the 
devil 
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Sometimes, giving a person more than he needs or knows what to do with does not help him but instead, encourages him to go overboard | |
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( The ) race is to the swift 
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People who are able to overcome life's troubles quickly or do things quickly have the advantage over others | |
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Rats desert a sinking ship 
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When things go wrong in an organization, people tend to abandon it | |
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Repeating a life doesn't make it true 
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Saying something is true when it is not just because you would like to believe it is so does not change the facts | |
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Revenge is a dish best served cold 
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Revenge works well when the target least expects it | |
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Revenge is sweet 
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Some people feel good to be able to get back at someone who has hurt them | |
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Same meat, different gravy 
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The same thing presented differently | |
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Scratch something and you'll find a 
something 
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When you know a person better, you will realize that he is not all he seems to be | |
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See which way the wind is blowing 
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Test how things stand | |
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Seek and ye shall find 
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When you set out to look for the truth with all your heart, you will find it | |
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Self trust is the first secret of success 
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You need to believe in your abilities first of all in order to succeed in life | |
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Set a thief to catch a thief 
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Use the skill and experience of one wrongdoer to catch another | |
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Silence gives consent 
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If you do not protest, object or say anything in response to a proposal, plan etc. it means you are agreeable to it | |
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Six of one and half a dozen of the other 
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The same or nearly the same in one case as in the other | |
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Slow and steady wins the race 
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Do things at your own pace and ability, and you will succeed in time | |
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Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry 
alone 
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People are usually ready to share in your happiness but not in your sadness | |
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Something is better than nothing 
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Be thankful that you do have something, and do not complain about how little you have | 
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