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To promise and give nothing is comfort for a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about promise, nothing

Only a fool asks, What do you want with my wife?

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wife, contentment

He is a fool who thinks that another does not think.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A wise man does at first what a fool must do at last.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

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

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasions.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

A wise person sometimes changes his mind, but a fool never does.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind, people

He who in under cover when it rains is a great fool if he stirs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The fool knows more in his own house than the sage in other men's.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house, man

He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every one that sits near him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heart

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about anger, man

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about pleasure

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about conduct, pleasure, wisdom, man

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thinking

A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise men to get it out again.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man