Provérbios em inglês 14
Speak of the devil and he's sure to appear
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What you say when you are talking of someone, and he appears |
Speak when you are spoken to
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Respond when you are asked a question |
Starve a cold, feed a fever
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The best way to treat a cold is to skip a meal or two; the best way to treat fever is to have a light meal |
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt
me
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The unkind words of small-minded people should not upset or depress you |
Stolen fruit is the sweetest
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Things that are forbidden to you seem to be the most exciting or tempting |
Success is a journey, not a destination
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The most treasured part of an achievement is the experience and lessons you learn in the process |
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
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Do not be troubled about the problems you may face tomorrow, as you have enough to contend with today |
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of
themselves
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Pay attention to the details and the larger issues will work out well enough | |
Talk is cheap
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Talk that is not backed up with action is useless | |
Tell the truth and shame the devil
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Tell the truth at all times | |
The acorn never falls far from the tree
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Children tend to resemble their parents | |
The best laid schemes of mice and men often
fail
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No matter how well planned, your arrangements can go wrong because you do not control all events and cannot see into the future |
The best of friends must part
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Even good friends sometimes need to part, if only for a while | |
The best things come in small packages
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Expensive things which are considered among the best things, can come in small packages | |
The best things in life are free
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The most important things in life such as love, kindness, generosity etc. are free | |
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall
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The bigger a problem the greater its impact | |
The calm comes before the storm
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There is usually peace before disaster strikes | |
The child is father to the man
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Your experiences as a child mould you as an adult | |
The cure is worse than the disease
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Some solutions seem worse than the problem | |
The customer is always right
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The guiding principle of the service industry is that the customer must be satisfied, so never upset or contradict a customer | |
The darkest hour is that before the dawn
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Relief or victory comes just after the worst phase of a bad situation | |
The eyes are the window of the soul
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A person's eyes express his true feelings, thoughts etc | |
The fat is in the fire
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It is too late to do anything about a situation | |
The first step is the hardest
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Starting is often the most difficult part of doing a job | |
The first step to health is to know that we are
sick
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You have to be willing to admit there is a problem before you can change yourself, a bad situation etc | |
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no
harm
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If you take care of the important matters, everything else will fall into place | |
The journey is the reward
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The most valuable, fulfilling and exciting part of achieving something is the work and effort put into the endeavour | |
The least said, the soonest mended
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The less you say during a quarrel, the greater chance there is for you to patch up later | |
The longest mile is the last mile home
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The nearer you are to your destination, the further away from you it seems | |
The more acquaintance, the more danger
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The more casual friends you have, the greater the possibility that you will be led astray, betrayed etc | |
The more one knows, the less one believes
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The more information you have about something, the more unsure or suspicious you can become of it | |
The more things change, the more they stay the
same
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Some changes are only outward, the actual problems remain the same | |
The more you get, the more you want
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The more you have, the more you want to have because greed grows in you | |
The more you know, the more you know you don't
know
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The more knowledge you acquire, the more aware you are of how little you know about life | |
The nail that sticks out gets pounded
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People who stand out in a group because they are different or because they raise questions, issues are quickly pressured into conforming with the rest of the group | |
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat
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The closer you get to your goal or objective, the more thrilled or excited you get |
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