Italian Proverbs (1849 Proverbs)
- It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
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- If you would have your work ill done, pay beforehand.
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- If pride were a disease, how many would be already dead?
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- High birth is a poor dish on the table.
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- When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her.
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- Water after does not quench a fire at hand.
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- To him who gives you a pig you may well give a rasher.
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- Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, dropping water, and a shrew.
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- There is no worse fruit than that which never ripens.
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- There are some who see ill, and would like to see worse.
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- The virtue of silence is a great piece of knowledge.
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- The sick man sleeps when the debtor cannot.
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- The pope and a peasant know more than the pope together.
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- The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
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- The fool knows more in his own house than the sage in other men's.
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- The dog that is quarrelsome and not strong, woe to his hide.
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- The best swimmer is the first to drown himself.
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- That costs dear which is bought with begging.
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- Sometimes an egg is given for an ox.
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- Rather hat in hand than hand in purse.
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- One's own spurs and another's horse make the miles short.
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- One basket of grapes does not make a vintage.
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- Not having enough is like not having anything.
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- No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
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- Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
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- Love begins with song and music and ends in a sea of tears.
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- Keeping from falling is better then helping up.
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- It is not honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
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- It is easy to frighten the bull from the window.
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- It is a good file that cuts iron without making a noise.
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- If you want to buy love, love itself is the price you'll have to pay.
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- If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.
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- Hide not the truth from your confessor, your doctor, or your lawyer.
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- When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
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- Wait time and place to take your revenge, for it is never well done in a hurry.
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- To him who can take what thou hast, give what he asks.
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- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
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- There is no use in saying, I will not go such a way, nor drink of such a water.
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- There are some who despise pride with a greater pride.
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- The virtue of parents is in itself a great legacy.
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- The sick man is free to say all.
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- The poor is hated by his neighbour, but the rich hath many friends.
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- The loquacity of fools is a lecture to the wise.
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- The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
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- The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
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- The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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- Thank you, pretty pussy, was the death of my cat.
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- So good that he is good for nothing.
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- Rather an ass that carries than a horse that throws.
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- One would not be alone even in Paradise.
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- On every small pretext the wolf seizes the sheep.
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- Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.
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- Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
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- Men are as old as they fell, and women as they look.
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- Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy.
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- Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.
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- It is not for the blind to give an opinion on colors.
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- It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.
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- It is a good answer which knows when to stop.
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- If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.
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- If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
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- He's an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
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- When his head is broken he puts on his helmet.
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- Virtue comes not from chance but long study.
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- To have eye one on the cat and another on the frying-pan.
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- Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing.
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- There is no robber worse than a bad book.
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- There are more ways to the wood than one.
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- The unfortunate know who are their real friends.
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- The ship does not go without the boat.
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- The poison of asps is under their lips.
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- The lives of doctors, the souls of priests, and the property of lawyers, are in great danger.
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- The fly that bites the tortoise breaks its beak.
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- The dog that bites does not bark in vain.
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- The best pears fall into the pigs' mouths.
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- Tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you.
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- Six of one, and half a dozen of the other.
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- Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it.
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- One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as the one who is ready to die.
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- On a fool's beard the barber learns to shave.
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