It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited.
More Italian Proverbs:
Love is the true price at which love is bought.Italian
Boil not the pap before the child is born.
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One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred tongues.
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The devil is bad because he is old.
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The dying cannot leave their wisdom or experience to their heirs.
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Willows are weak, yet serve to bind bigger wood.
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