Di mal erba non si fà buon fieno.Bad grass does not make good hay.
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Ad ogni santo vien la sua festa.Every saint has his festival.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTal si burla che si confessa.Some who jest tell tales of themselves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe sorcio sei, non seguitar rane.If you are a mouse don’t follow frogs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOro non è tutto quel che risplende.All is not gold that glitters.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio esser uccel di bosco che di gabbia.Better be a bird of the wood than a bird in the cage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vive tra lupi, impara a urlare.He who lives among wolves learns to howl.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA cavalli tristi o buoni, sempre porta i tuoi sproni.Be the horse good or bad always wear your spurs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi si affoga, s’attaccherebbe a’ rasoj.A drowning man would catch at razors.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBevendo vien la sete.Thirst comes from drinking.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe insalate pazze, le fanno i savj.When wise men play mad pranks they do it with a vengeance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDallo stesso fior l’ape cava il miele, e la vespe il fiele.From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnco gli apostoli ebbero un Giuda.Even among the apostles there was a Judas.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe la moglie pecca, non è il marito innocente.If the wife sins the husband is not innocent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArte o sorte ne cava macchia.Skill or fortune will efface the spots.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer un orecchio entra, per l’altro esce.In at one ear, out at the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCoda d’asino non fa crivello.An ass’s tail will not make a sieve.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl diavolo tenta tutti, ma l’ozioso tenta il diavolo.The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tutti non si adatta una sola scarpa.The same shoe does not fit every foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli dà le pecore in guardia al lupo.He sets the wolf to guard the sheep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAll’orsa paiono belli i suoi orsatti.The she-bear thinks her cubs pretty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGli onori mutano i costumi.Honours change manners.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi si fa fango, il porco lo calpestra.He that makes himself dirt is trod on by the swine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi paga debito, fa capitale.Who pays a debt creates capital.
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