He that paints a flower does not give it perfume.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about perfume, garden
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43575 proverbs and old sayings
The person who lives by hope will die by despair.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about despair, hope, people, death
The man who knows two languages is worth two men.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man
Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade, home, house
He that seeks to have many friends never has any.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who scrubs the head of an ass wastes his soap.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads
Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment
If I have lost the ring I still have the fingers.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Between the hand and the mouth the soup is spilt.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
It may be quieter to sleep alone, but not warmer.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep
He who builds by the roadside has many surveyors.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
It is not honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about honour
If a fox is preaching, then beware of your geese.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, good luck
It is good living under the shadow of the belfry.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shadow, good, good luck
Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money, contentment
No one should take in an eating pawn (or pledge).
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
On every small pretext the wolf seizes the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about companies
From a bad paymaster take straw--i.e. any trifle.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad
