Proverbs and old sayings Italian, page 72

1826 proverbs and old sayings italian

Women always speak the truth, but not the whole truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about truth

Priests, friars, nuns, and chickens never have enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

There is no making pancakes without breaking the eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He that is good for something is the ass of the public.

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

Men are as old as they feel, women as old as they look.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man, old, olderness

From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The same hammer that breaks the glass forges the steel.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A lawsuit is a fruit-tree planted in a lawyer's garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden

Many pupils have gained more wealth than their masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth

The pan says to the pot: Keep off, or you'll smutch me.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Lawyers' robes are lined with the obstinacy of suitors.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It's a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The purse of loved ones is tied with a gossamer thread.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who has a tongue in his head can go all the world over.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about world, heads

That which the wise man does first, the fool does last.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

The wolf is always said to be more terrible than he is.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games

He devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil, man

By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about impossible