You must take the fat with the lean.
More Italian Proverbs:
There is never a cry of "Wolf!" but the wolf is in the district.Italian
A market is three women and a goose.
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Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.
Italian
A living ass is better than a dead doctor.
Italian
He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.
Italian
He that is always right is always wrong.
Italian