Keeping from falling is better then helping up.
More Italian Proverbs:
The saint has no believers unless he works miracles.Italian
Friendship should be unpicked, not rent.
Italian
Pluck the rose and leave the thorns.
Italian
There is no getting blood from a turnip.
Italian
It is not enough to know how to steal, one must know also how to conceal.
Italian
It is the petty expenses that empty the purse.
Italian