If you would succeed, you must not be too good.
More Italian Proverbs:
He that never fails never grows rich.Italian
The fox advised the others to cut off their tails, because he had left his own in the trap.
Italian
It is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies.
Italian
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.
Italian
God sends nothing but what can be borne.
Italian
He that paints a flower does not give it perfume.
Italian