Proverbs and old sayings Italian, page 51

1826 proverbs and old sayings italian

The flatterer's throat is an open sepulchre.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Virtue comes not from chance but long study.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about chance, virtue

Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Don't reject the good together with the bad.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Don't cry fried fish before they are caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If your head is wax, do not walk in the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sun, heads

No one ever became poor through giving alms.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The tail is always the hardest part to flay.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

For a wife and a horse go to your neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wife

It is a good answer that knows when to stop.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

Better a lean agreement than a fat sentence.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad

Knowledge has bitter roots but sweet fruits.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bitter, knowledge

Near is my petticoat but nearer is my smock.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It is easy to threaten a bull from a window.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who laughs too much, is hiding his grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sadness

An old dog does not grow used to the collar.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about old, olderness

Not all are asleep who have their eyes shut.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about eyes

He who serves the public has a sorry master.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about public

Everything may be borne except good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth, good, good luck