Cattive nuove presto corrono.Ill news travels fast.
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Chi altri giudica, sè condanna.Who judges others, condemns himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMolti si fan scrupolo di sputare in chiesa, e poi inbrattano l’altare.Many scruple to spit in church, and afterwards defile the altar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi un ne castiga, cento ne minaccia.He who chastises one threatens a hundred.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcquista buona fama e mettiti à dormire.Get a good name and go to sleep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl sangue del soldato fa grande il capitano.The soldier’s blood exalts the captain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando la cosa va bene, è buono dar consiglio.It is easy to give advice when all goes well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuardati dall’occasione, e ti guarderà Dio da’ peccati.Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPassato il pericolo, gabbato il santo.The danger past, the saint cheated.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVaso vuoto suona meglio.Empty vessels make most noise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando tutti ti dicono briaco, va a dormire.When everybody says you are drunk, go to sleep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCane di cucina non fu mai buon per la caccia.A kitchen dog never was good for the chase.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutte le chiavi non pendono ad una cintura.All the keys do not hang at one girdle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAperta ha la porta chiunque apporta.Whoever brings finds the door open for him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCaro mi vendi, e giusto mi misura.Sell me dear, and measure me fair.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFra gli amici guardami Iddio, che fra’ nemici mi guarderò io.God keep me from my friends, from my enemies I will keep myself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuerra cominciata, inferno scatenato.War begun, hell unchained.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFinche vi è fiato vi è speranza.While there’s life there’s hope.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi erra nelle decine, erra nelle migliaja.Who errs in the tens errs in the thousands.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAspetta il porco alla quercia.Look for the hog at the oak.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi arriva più presto un bugiardo che un zoppo.A liar is sooner caught than a cripple.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuarda che tu non lasci la coda nell’uscio.Take care you don’t let your tail be caught in the door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando il sole ti splende, non ti dèi curar della luna.When the sun shines on thee, thou needest not care for the moon.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi va piano, va sano, e chi va sano, va lontano.Who goes softly goes safely, and he that goes safely goes far.
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