The good shepherd shears, not flays.
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It is the first shower that wets.Italian
The more the merrier.
Italian
He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.
Italian
He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.
Italian
The light is painful to sore eyes.
Italian
The talkers sows, the listener reaps.
Italian