He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about companies, man
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As both a good horse and a bad horse heed the spur, so both a good woman and a bad woman need the stick.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, bad luck, bad, need, good, good luck
Nothing is ever well done in a hurry, except flying from the plague or from quarrels, and catching fleas.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing
A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about children, man
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He that at twenty is not, at thirty knows not, and at forty has not, will never be, nor ever know, nor ever have.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, wife, good, good luck, things, money
Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil, things
Evening red and morning grey help the traveler on his way; evening grey and morning red bring down rain upon his head.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about help, rain, heads
To expect what never comes, to lie in bed and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced, are three things to die of.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep, lie, death, things
A thing done has a head. (The exultation of an ancient sculptor on his satisfactorily completing the head of his statue. )
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about old, heads, things
The person who offends writes as if it was written on sand, and the person who is offended reads it as if it were written on marble.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about objects, envy, secret
If only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars? If someone betrays you once, it's his fault. If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment
Who can do, don't want to; Who wants to, can't do; Who knows how to do, won't do it; Who does it, doesn't know how to; and, so, badly goes the world.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about world
He hangs the May-branch at every door. (Alluding to the Italian custom of young men hanging out May-branches overnight before the door of their mistress.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man
To go safely through the world you must have the eye of a falcon, the ear of an ass, the face of an ape, the mouth of a pig, the shoulders of a camel, and the legs of a deer.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about world, face, contentment
Their mosquito won't bite me.
Proverbs and old sayings
Mutual gifts cement friendship.
Proverbs and old sayings about gifts, friendship
Two flavors confuse the palate.
Proverbs and old sayings
