Priests, friars, nuns, and chickens never have enough.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
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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 about contentment
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
Where there is nothing to gain, there is a lot to lose.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing
