Dove il lupo trovò un agnello, ve ne cerca uno novello.Where the wolf found a lamb he looks for another.
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A nessun confortator mai duole la testa.No comforter’s head ever aches.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è buon murator chi rifiuta pietra alcuna.He is not a good mason who refuses any stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTal sprezza la superbia con una maggior superbia.There are some who despise pride with a greater pride.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPigliar la lepre col carro.To catch a hare with a cart.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRide bene chi ride l’ultimo.He laughs well who laughs last.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuona vita non può tenere, quel che serve senz’avere.He cannot lead a good life who serves without wages.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ben dona, caro vende, se villano non è chi prende.Who gives well, sells dear, if the receiver be not a churl.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMale in vacche, e peggio in buoi.Ill in kine and worse in beeves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPerde le lagrime chi piange avanti al giudice.He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è bello quel che è bello, ma quel che piace.Handsome is not what is handsome, but what pleases.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon darebbe il coltello al diavolo per scannarsi.He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi tutto vuole, tutto perde.All covet, all lose.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSuon di campana non caccia cornacchia.The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDispicca l’impiccato, e impiccherà poi te.Take down a thief from the gallows and he will hang you up.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAbbi piuttosto il piccolo per amico, che il grande per nemico.Rather have a little one for your friend, than a great one for your enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe il giovane sapesse, se il vecchio potesse, e’ non c’è cosa che non si facesse.If the young man knew, if the old man could, there is nothing but would be done.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTanto vale il mio nò, quanto il tuo sì.My No is as good as your Yes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBocca unta non può dir di no.A greased mouth cannot say no.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFanciulli piccioli, dolor di testa; fanciulli grandi, dolor di cuore.Little children and headaches, great children and heartaches.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssai è ricco à chi non manca.He is rich enough who does not want.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si può far andar un molino a vento co’ mantici.There’s no turning a windmill with a pair of bellows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio dar la lana che la pecora.Better give the wool than the sheep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesO sassi o pani, bisogna aver qualcosa in man pei cani.Stones or bread, one must have something in hand for the dogs.
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