Ognun si pari le mosche con la sua coda.Let every one keep off the flies with his own tail.
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Di tutte le arti maestro è amore.Love is master of all arts.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa diritta è serva della mancina.The right hand is slave to the left.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon mi dir oliva prima che mi vedi colta.Call me not olive before you see me gathered.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl buon pastore tosa, e non scortica.The good shepherd shears, not flays.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTante teste, tanti cervelli.So many heads, so many brains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBasta un matto per casa.One fool is enough in a house.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFammi indovino, e ti farò ricco.Make me a prophet and I will make you rich.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha paura del diavolo, non fa roba.He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA buon vino non bisogna frasca.Good wine needs no bush.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNessuno si pentì mai d’aver taciuto.No one ever repented of having held his tongue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna pulce non leva il sonno.One flea does not hinder sleep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si fa ber l’asino quando non ha sete.There’s no making the ass drink when he is not thirsty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA molti puzza l’ambra.Many stop their noses at ambergris.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi è in difetto, è in sospetto.He that is in fault is in suspicion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVedi Napoli e poi muori.See Naples and then die.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl bugiardo deve aver buona memoria.Liars should have good memories.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni acqua va al mare.All water runs to the sea.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove ci manca la pelle di leone, convien cucirvi cuoi di volpe.Where the lion’s skin falls short, piece it out with that of the fox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi va, lecca, e chi sta, secca.Who moves picks up, who stands still dries up.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha mangiato il diavolo, mangia anche le corna.He that has swallowed the devil may swallow his horns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGola d’adulatori, sepolcro aperto.The flatterer’s throat is an open sepulchre.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non ha danari in borsa, abbia miel in bocca.Who has no money in his purse must have honey in his mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ogni giorno è festa.Every day is not a holiday.
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