Si può pagar l’oro troppo caro.One may buy gold too dear.
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Di rado visto, presto scordato.Seldom seen soon forgotten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAd un uomo dabbene avanza la metà del cervello; ad un tristo non basta neanche tutto.For an honest man half his wits are enough; the whole is too little for a knave.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa mosca che punge la tartaruga si rompe il becco.The fly that bites the tortoise breaks its beak.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAgli uomini ogni peccato mortale è veniale, alle donne ogni veniale è mortale.In men every mortal sin is venial, in women every venial sin is mortal.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna aiuta a maritare l’altra.One daughter helps to marry the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPassato il fiume, è scordato il santo.The river passed the saint forgotten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesS’io dormo, dormo a me; s’io lavoro, non so a che.If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha passato il guado, sa quant’acqua tiene.He who has crossed the ford knows how deep it is.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAll’opera si conosce il maestro.The workman is known by his work.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio stuzzicare un cane che una vecchia.It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è scappato chi si strascina la catena dietro.He is not free who drags his chain after him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSacco vuoto non sta ritto.An empty sack won’t stand upright.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl confessore, medico, e avvocato, non tenere il ver celato.Hide not the truth from your confessor, your doctor, or your lawyer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE mal rubare a casa de’ ladri.It is not easy to steal in thieves’ houses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI buoni nuotatori alfin s’affogano.Good swimmers are drowned at last.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPecora che bela perde il boccone.The sheep that bleats loses a mouthful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi si scusa, s’accusa.Who excuses himself accuses himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’indugiare è pericoloso.Delays are dangerous.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI pazzi crescono senza innaffiarli.Fools grow without watering.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer più strade si va a Roma.There are many roads to Rome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGrassa cucina, magro testamento.A fat kitchen, a lean testament.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl campanello di camera è il peggior suono che si possa avere negli orecchi.The chamber-bell (chamber-clapper, or curtain lecture) is the worst sound one can have in his ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl lupo non è sempre lupo.The wolf is not always a wolf.
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