Chi non ha nulla, non è nulla.Who has nothing is nothing.
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Cavallo magro non tira calci.A lean horse does not kick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcqua che corre non porta veleno.Running water carries no poison.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ben congettura, bene indovina.He who guesses well prophesies well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si va in Paradiso in carrozza.There’s no getting to heaven in a coach.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa pelle d’asino è usa al bastone.The ass’s hide is used to the stick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPerchè vada il carro, bisogna unger le ruote.To make the cart go you must grease the wheels.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa botte non può dare se non del vino ch’ella ha.The cask can give no other wine than that it contains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAsino punto convien che trotti.A goaded ass must needs trot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLagrime di donna, fontana di malizia.Women’s tears are a fountain of craft.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBella cosa tosto è rapita.All that’s fair must fade.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDel tempo passato non vi è appello.There is no appeal from time past.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCan dell’ortolano non mangia la lattuga, e non la lascia mangiare agli altri.The gardener’s dog does not eat lettuce and will not let others eat it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFidati era un buon uomo, Nontifidare era meglio.Trust was a good man, Trust-not was a better.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAbbiamo pur fiorini che troveremo cugini.Let us have florins and we shall find cousins.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesScoprire un altare per ricoprirne un altro.To strip one altar to cover another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’ultimo vestito ce lo fanno senza tasche.Our last garment is made without pockets.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBen perduto è conosciuto.A good thing lost is valued.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa nobiltà è una povera vivanda in tavola.High birth is a poor dish on the table.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl più triste porco vien la meglior pera.The worst pig gets the best pear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPazzo è quel prete che biasima le sue reliquie.That priest is a fool who decries his relics.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dà presto, dà il doppio.He gives twice who gives in a trice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAdagio a’ mal passi.Go softly at bad bits of road.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPietra mossa non fa muschio.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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