Ragghio d’asino non arriva al cielo.The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
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Ad ogni uccello suo nido par bello.Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor regge senza legge.Love rules without law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssai acqua passa per il molino, che il molinaio non se n’accorge.Much water passes by the mill that the miller perceives not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFreno indorato non megliora il cavallo.A golden bit makes none the better horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi piglia leone in assenza, teme la talpa in presenza.Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove il dente duole, la lingua v’inciampa.The tongue goes to where the tooth aches.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù mi tocca la camicia che la gonnella.Near is my petticoat, but nearer is my smock.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnche il pazzo talvolta dice qualche parola da savio.Even the fool says a wise word sometimes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI salici son deboli, e pur legano le legne più grosse.Willows are weak, yet serve to bind bigger wood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon cavallo e mal cavallo vuole sproni; buona femmina e mala femmina vuol bastoni.A good horse and a bad horse need the spur; a good woman and a bad woman need the stick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutte le dita non son pari.All the fingers are not alike.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUscito è dal fango, ed è cascato nel rio.He got out of the mud and fell into the river.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl buon marinaro si conosce al cattivo tempo.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando non c’è, perde la chiesa.When there is nothing the church loses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPrometter più carri che buoi.To promise more carts than oxen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni uomo ha buona moglie e cattiva arte.Every man has a good wife and a bad trade.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fa li fatti suoi, non s’imbratta le mani.He who doth his own business defileth not his fingers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd ognuno par più grave la croce sua.Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDuro con duro non fece mai buon muro.Hard upon hard never made a good wall.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTrista è quella casa ove le galline cantano, e ’l gallo tace.It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl diavolo vuol tentar Lucifero.The devil will tempt Lucifer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni promessa è debito.Every promise is a debt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi pinge il fiore, non gli dà l’odore.He that paints a flower does not give it perfume.
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