A gift delayed, and long expected, is not given, but sold dear.
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It is easy to threaten a bull from a window.Italian
He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.
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The Italians are wise before the act, the Germans in the act, the French after the act.
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Every door may be shut but death's door.
Italian
After one pope another is made.
Italian
February fill dyke, be it black or be it white.
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