It is better if you could say “Here he ran away” than “Here he was killed.”
More Italian Proverbs:
He is master of another man's life who is indifferent to his own.Italian
As you would have a daughter so choose a wife.
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If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.
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A mad parish, a mad priest.
Italian
He would skin a flint.
Italian
He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.
Italian