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Proverb from Portugal

Portuguese

Boca de mel, coração de fel.

“Mouth of honey, heart of gall.”

Meaning

Sweet words can hide a bitter heart, so do not trust flattery.

Source

Adágios, provérbios, rifãos e anexins da língua portuguesa, new edition (Lisbon: Typographia Rollandiana, 1841), p. 23, under “Boca”, on archive.org

The 1841 printing spells it “coraçaõ”. It is shown here in modern spelling.

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