A golden cage does not feed the bird.
More Italian Proverbs:
The moon does not heed the baying of dogs.Italian
A woman who loves to be at the window is like a bunch of grapes on the wayside.
Italian
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
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If you want to buy love, love itself is the price you'll have to pay.
Italian
Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.
Italian
Evening red and morning grey help the traveler on his way; evening grey and morning red bring down rain upon his head.
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