All ships leak: some amidships, some in the bows, some in the hold.
More Italian Proverbs:
The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does.Italian
Revenge a hundred years old has still its milk-teeth.
Italian
Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to reign.
Italian
A mischievous dog must be tied short.
Italian
Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.
Italian
Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.
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