Italian Proverbs (1849 Proverbs)
- He who esteems none but himself is as happy as a king.
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- He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low.
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- He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second.
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- He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
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- He is rich enough who does not want.
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- He is a good dog who goes to church.
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- Have an open face, but conceal your thoughts.
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- God sends nothing but what can be borne.
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- Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him.
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- For a wife and a horse go to your neighbour.
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- Every one goes with his own sack to the mill.
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- Even a frog would bite if it had teeth.
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- Does your neighbour love you? Lend him a sequin.
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- By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible.
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- Better gain in mud than lose in gold.
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- Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.
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- Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad.
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- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
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- A sheep's bite is never more than skip deep.
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- He would be a good one to send for death.
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- He who serves two masters must lie to one of them.
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- He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself.
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- He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard.
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- He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.
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- He who blows dust fills his eyes with it.
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- He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
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- He that exceeds his commission must answer for it at his own cost.
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- He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
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- He is a friend when you sneeze -- all he says is "God bless you."
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- Hard upon hard never made a good wall.
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- God save you from a bad neighbour, and from a beginner on the fiddle.
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- Give a clown your finger he'll grasp your fist.
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- Don't bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.
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- Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money.
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- Don't reject the good together with the bad.
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- Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money.
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- Broad thongs may be cut from other men's leather.
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- Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.
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- At the end of the work you may judge of the workmen.
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- Any excuse is good if it hold good.
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- Adam must have an Eve to blame for his faults.
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- He who would stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
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- He who serves the public has a sorry master.
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- He who is of the craft can discourse about it.
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- He who has a tongue, may go to Rome.
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- He who eats pears with his master should not choose the best.
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- He who begins many things finishes but few.
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- He that paints a flower does not give it perfume.
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- He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
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- He is not free who drags his chain after him.
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- He is a fool who loses the flight for the leap.
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- Hard is a new law imposed on old licence.
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- God save me from one who does not drink.
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- Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.
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- Fire drives the wasp out of its nest.
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- Every one finds fault with his own trade.
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- Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
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- Do not judge of the ship from the land.
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- Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.
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- Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
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- At last the foxes all meet at the furrier's.
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- An ounce of discretion is better than a pound of knowledge.
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- Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart.
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- He who would relish his food must not see it cooked.
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- He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant.
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- He who is not impatient is not in love.
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- He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.
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- He who doth the injury never forgives the injured man.
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- He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge.
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- He that makes himself dirt is trod on by the swine.
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- He that buys the office of magistrate must of necessity sell justice.
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- He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.
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- He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.
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- Happy is the country which has no history.
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- God save me from him who studies but one book.
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- Get a good name and go to sleep.
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- February fill dyke, be it black or be it white.
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- Every man has a good wife and a bad trade.
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- Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off.
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- Do not give the dog bread every time he wags his tail.
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