1032 Portuguese Proverbs / Page 35
681.
 Perseverance kills the game.
 Perseverance kills the game.682.
 Pigs in the cold and men in drink make a great noise.
 Pigs in the cold and men in drink make a great noise.683.
 Play with an ass, and he will slap your face with his tail.
 Play with an ass, and he will slap your face with his tail.684.
 Poverty is not vile.
 Poverty is not vile.685.
 Poverty never sped well in love.
 Poverty never sped well in love.686.
 Poverty parteth friends.
 Poverty parteth friends.687.
 Praise in own mouth is insult.
 Praise in own mouth is insult.688.
 Pray to the saint until you have passed the slough.
 Pray to the saint until you have passed the slough.689.
 Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay eggs for you.
 Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay eggs for you.690.
 Pretend to be dead and the bull will leave you alone.
 Pretend to be dead and the bull will leave you alone.691.
 Priests, cousins and pigeons. The first two are not good to marry. The Last two, serve only to filth the house.
 Priests, cousins and pigeons. The first two are not good to marry. The Last two, serve only to filth the house.692.
 Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.
 Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.693.
 Raised children, doubled work.
 Raised children, doubled work.694.
 Rather a husband with one eye than with one son.
 Rather a husband with one eye than with one son.695.
 Rather alone than in bad company.
 Rather alone than in bad company.696.
 Rather go rob with good men than pray with bad.
 Rather go rob with good men than pray with bad.697.
 Rather lose the wool than the sheep.
 Rather lose the wool than the sheep.698.
 Revenge is a dish served cold.
 Revenge is a dish served cold.699.
 Right or wrong, our house up to the roof.
 Right or wrong, our house up to the roof.700.
 Rise early, and you will observe; labour, and you will have.
 Rise early, and you will observe; labour, and you will have.