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Don't bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

He who is guilty believes that all men speak ill of him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

One good word quenches more heat than a bucket of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, water, good, good luck

A proud pauper and a rich miser are contemptible beings.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about proudness, wealth

Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fight

There's no making the ass drink when his is not thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about drinking

If pride were a disease, how many would be already dead?

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about proudness

To the person with little shame, the whole world is his.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shame, world, people

A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about moment, honour

To whom you tell your secret you surrender your freedom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about secret, contentment

Don't sell the bearskin before you have caught the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about commerce, contentment

Where there is equality there never can be perfect love.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about equality, perfection, love

A cage made of gold does not feed the bird inside of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Tell me with whom you go and i'll tell you what you are.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

There are some who see ill, and would like to see worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Those who don't understand prayer -- let them go to sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

One minute of patience can result in ten years of peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about patience, peace

One who speaks fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, contentment

Take care you don't let your tail be caught in the door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

Who laughs at others' ills, has his own behind the door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian