Proverbs and old sayings Italian, page 80

1826 proverbs and old sayings italian

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about diets, quiet

It takes four living men to carry one dead man out of a house.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man, home, house

Who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rocks

It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Stones or bread, one must have something in hand for the dogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about experience

Experience runs a valuable school, but fools learn in no other.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about school, experience

Where shall a man have a worse friend than he brings from home.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, man

He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear, fire, fire brigade

A gift delayed, and long expected, is not given, but sold dear.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house

Public money is like holy water, every one helps himself to it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about public, money, water

One bird in hand is better far Than two that in the bushes are.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house, water

When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade, home, house, water

It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about judges

If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep, work

A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends too few.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies, man