It is not by saying, ‘honey, honey,’ that sweetness comes into the mouth.
More Italian Proverbs:
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.Italian
The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.
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Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.
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Everything may be borne except good fortune.
Italian
Fair words, but look to your purse.
Italian
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
Italian