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From saying to doing is a long way.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A little man often cast a long shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shadow, man

A little man often casts a long shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shadow, man

A gift long expected is sold, not given.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

On a long journey even a straw is heavy.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A gift long waited for is sold, not given.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

Virtue comes not from chance but long study.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about chance, virtue

Happiness that lasts too long spoils the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about happiness, heart

He who sups with the devil must have a long spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil

He who would be long an old man must begin betimes.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man, old, olderness

He hauls at a long rope who expects another's death.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about death

It is not the long day, but the heart that does the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about work, heart, day

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about gifts

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

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about commerce, need, contentment

If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about work

Taking aim for too long can ruin your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes

Alligator shouldn' call hog long mout.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

T'ief no love fi si t'ief carry long bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about love

Tired feet always say that the path is long.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican