A living ass is better than a dead doctor.
More Italian Proverbs:
The loquacity of fools is a lecture to the wise.Italian
It is a bad thing to be poor, and seem poor.
Italian
Small rain lays a great wind.
Italian
When the wine's in the wit's out.
Italian
The wicked even hate vice in others.
Italian
The moon does not heed the baying of dogs.
Italian