Italian Proverbs (1849 Proverbs)
- One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred tongues.
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- Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
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- No one should take in an eating pawn (or pledge).
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- Never heed the colour of a gift horse.
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- Many a one threatens and yet is afraid.
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- Let him who is well off stay where he is.
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- It is truth that makes a many angry.
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- It is no time to play chess when the house is on fire.
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- It is better to have a husband without love than jealous.
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- In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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- If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn't be done.
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- I too can lead the geese to water when it rains.
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- When a dog runs away, hit him! hit him!
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- Two cocks in one yard do not agree.
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- To become rich in this world, it needs only to turn one's back on God.
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- They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter.
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- There is no beard so well shaven but another barber will find something more to shave from it.
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- The wolf is always said to be bigger than he is.
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- The sun passes over filth and is not defiled.
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- The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.
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- The myrtle is always a myrtle, though it be among nettles.
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- The Italians are wise before the act, the Germans in the act, the French after the act.
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- The dog that means to bite don't bark.
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- The cheat always lies at the feet of the cheated.
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- The apple does not fall far from the tree.
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- Stones or bread, one must have something in hand for the dogs.
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- Sell not the bear's skin before you have caught him.
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- Pluck the magpie, and don't make her scream.
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- One may have good eyes and see nothing.
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- Of this world each man has as much as he takes.
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- No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.
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- Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself.
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- Many a one leaves the roast who afterwards longs for the smoke of it.
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- Let him not be a lover who has not courage.
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- It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.
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- It is in vain to lay a net in sight of the birds.
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- It is better to give away the wool than the sheep.
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- In the country of the blind blessed is he that hath one eye.
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- If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent.
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- I speak to you, daughter; hear it daughter-in-law.
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- What worth has beauty if it is not seen?
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- Trust was a good man; trust-not was a better.
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- To be lucky you need a little wit.
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- They who shun the smoke often fall into the fire.
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- There is never enough where nought is left.
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- The wolf is always said to be more terrible than he is.
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- The sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle.
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- The saint has no believers unless he works miracles.
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- The mountains are in labour, and bring forth a mouse.
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- The heart does not think all the mouth says.
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- The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk.
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- The chamber-bell is the worst sound one have in his ears.
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- The applause of the people is a blast of air.
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- Starlings are lean because they go in flocks.
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- See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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- Plenty of words when the cause is lost.
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- One living pope is better than ten dead.
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- Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take.
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- No one likes justice brought home to his own door.
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- Never do evil that good may come of it.
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- Make yourself honey and the flies will eat you.
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- Let every one keep off the flies with his own tail.
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- It is the small expenses that empty your purse.
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- It is good to hold the clothes of one who is swimming.
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- It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.
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- In men every mortal sin is venial, in women every venial sin is mortal.
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- If the sun shines on me I care not for the moon.
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- I saw you at Lucca, I knew you at Pisa.
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- What the eye sees not the heart rues not.
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- Trust not the praise of a friend nor the contempt of an enemy.
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- To a weaving that has begun, God sends threads.
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- There's no turning a windmill with a pair of bellows.
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- There is never enmity between the cook and the butler.
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- The wolf is always left out of the reckoning.
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- The sun is still beautiful, though ready to set.
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- The river does not swell with clear water.
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- The moth does most mischief to the finest garment.
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- The hare starts from where it is least expected.
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- The earth covers the errors of the physician.
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- The cask can give no other wine that that it contains.
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