1032 Portuguese Proverbs / Page 40
781.
The ends justify the means.782.
The envious man's face grows lean and his eye swells.783.
The father a saint the son a devil.784.
The fear of God is the beginning of all wisdom.785.
The fingers of the same hand are not alike.786.
The fisherman fishes in troubled water.787.
The fool passes for wise if he is silent.788.
The fox knows much, but more he that catcheth him.789.
The Frenchman sings well, when his throat is moistened.790.
The full-fed sheep is frightened at its own tail.791.
The gardener's dog neither eats greens not lets any one else eat them.792.
The gentle calf sucks all the cows.793.
The grass is always greener on your neighbor's yard.794.
The greyhound that starts many hares kills none.795.
The guests will go away, and we will eat the pasty.796.
The habit doesn't make the monk.797.
The headache is mine and the cows are ours.798.
The hen that stays at home picks up the crumbs.799.
The hen's eyes turn to where she has her eggs.800.
The hole invites the thief.