A tal santo, tal offerta.Like saint, like offering.
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Odi, vedi, e taci, se vuoi viver in pace.Hear, see, and say nothing, if you would live in peace.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando la donna regna, il diavolo governa.When woman reigns the devil governs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non fallisce, non arricchisce.He that never fails never grows rich.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove il fiume ha più fondo, fa minor strepito.Where the river is deepest it makes least noise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe bestemmie fanno come le processioni: ritornano donde partirono.Curses are like processions: they return to whence they set out.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl nemico ti fa savio.Your enemy makes you wise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni cosa vuol principio.Everything must have a beginning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDannoso è il dono che toglie la libertà.Injurious is the gift that takes away freedom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE un mal giuoco dove nessun guadagna.It is a bad game where nobody wins.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ama me, ama il mio cane.Love me, love my dog.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMeglio tardi che mai.Better late than never.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTra asino e asino, non corron se non calci.Nothing passes between asses but kicks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha sospetto, di rado è in difetto.He who suspects is seldom at fault.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDov’è l’amore, là è l’occhio.Where love is there the eye is.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTristo è quel barbiere che ha un sol pettine.He is a sorry barber who has but one comb.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi di venti non è, di trenta non sa, di quaranta non ha, mai non sarà, nè mai saprà, nè mai havra.He that at twenty is not, at thirty knows not, and at forty has not, will never be, nor ever know, nor ever have.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUomo solitario, o bestia o angiolo.A solitary man is either a brute or an angel.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando il leone è morto, le lepri gli saltano addosso.When the lion is dead the hares jump upon his carcase.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi compra non bastan cent’occhi, e à chi vende ne basta un solo.For the buyer a hundred eyes are too few, for the seller one is enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi va, vuole; chi manda, non se ne cura.Who goes himself is in earnest, who sends is indifferent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi dici il tuo secreto, doni la tua libertà.To whom you tell your secret you surrender your freedom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBella femmina che ride, vuol dire borsa che piange.A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA lunga corda tira chi la morte altrui desidera.He hauls at a long rope who expects another’s death.
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