Ogni dieci anni un uomo ha bisogno dell’altro.Every ten years one man has need of another.
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Il mondo è di chi ha pazienza.The world is for him who has patience.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNuova rete non piglia uccello vecchio.Old birds are not caught with new nets.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio aver un’ape sola che un esercito di mosche.Better have one bee than a host of flies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa veste bianca non fa molinaro.The white coat does not make the miller.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPazzo è colui che di quattro cose si vanta: di buon vino, di buon cavallo, di bella moglie, di danari assai.He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChiave d’oro apre ogni porta.A gold key opens every door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn quella casa è poca pace ove la gallina canta, ed il gallo tace.There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA un gran bugiardo ci vuol buona memoria.A great liar has need of good memory.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn coltello fa tener l’altro nella guaina.One knife keeps another in its sheath.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni cosa serve a qualche cosa.Everything is good for something.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE troppo un nemico, e cento amici non bastano.One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends are too few.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi due padroni ha da servire, ad uno ha da mentire.He who serves two masters must lie to one of them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNessun diventò mai povero per far limosina.No one ever became poor through giving alms.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon c’è amor senza gelosia.There is no love without jealousy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha l’amor nel petto, ha lo sprone a’ fianchi.Who has love in his heart has spurs in his sides.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl riso fa buon sangue.Laughter makes good blood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio aver oggi un uovo che domani una gallina.Better have an egg to-day than a hen to-morrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRagazzi savj e vecchi matti non furon mai buoni a nulla.Wise lads and old fools were never good for anything.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCerca cinque piedi al montone.He is in search of a ram with five feet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA grassa cucina povertà è vicina.A fat kitchen is next door to poverty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli venderebbe sino alla sua parte del sole.He would sell even his share of the sun.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fonda in sul popolo, fonda in sulla rena.Who builds on the mob builds on sand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl lungo giorno nò, ma il cuor fa l’opera.It is not the long day, but the heart that does the work.
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