It is not honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about honour
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1826 proverbs and old sayings italian
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
It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, old, olderness
The cheat always lies at the feet of the cheated.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Thank you, pretty pussy, was the death of my cat.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment, death
Who would have many friends let him test but few.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about tests
A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil
When the sun is highest it casts the least shadow.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shadow, sun
He that would have the fruit, must climb the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
God protect us from him who has read but one book.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about god
I speak to you, daughter; hear it daughter-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about law, contentment
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about success
