When a dog runs away, hit him! hit him!
More Italian Proverbs:
Nothing passes between asses but kicks.Italian
There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.
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He who is an ass and thinks himself a stag, finds his mistake when he comes to leap the ditch.
Italian
Even the sea. great as it is, grows calm.
Italian
Nothing is ill said if it is not ill taken.
Italian
A scalded dog thinks cold water hot.
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