Proverbs and old sayings Italian, page 87

1826 proverbs and old sayings italian

He who hunts two hares does not catch the one and lets the other escape.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Sometimes it is better to give your apple away, than to eat it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He that keeps another man's dog shall have nothing left him but the line.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing, man

He who has money to throw away, let him employ workmen, and not stand by.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

It is not by saying, 'honey, honey, ' that sweetness comes into the mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It is not enough to know how to steal, one must know also how to conceal.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Good repute is like the cypress: once cut, it never puts forth leaf again.

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

Rather have a little one for your friend, than a great one for your enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Where the skin of the lion does not suffice, we must join that of the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Buy what you have no need of and ere long you shall sell your necessaries.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about commerce, need

Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, dropping water, and a shrew.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke, things, water, man

All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Say what we will, do what we will, the boat goes but sorrily without oars.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

To protest and knock one's head against the wall is what everybody can do.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads

From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about god

He who is meant to be a basket-carrier is born with the handle in his hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about city, man

Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

A fools knows his own business better than a wise man knows that of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about affair, man