Ognun per sè, e Dio per tutti.Every one for himself and God for us all.
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Gatto rinchiuso doventa leone.A cat pent up becomes a lion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBandiera vecchia, onor di capitano.An old flag is an honour to its captain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi raro viene, vien bene.Who comes seldom, is welcome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPasso a passo si va a Roma.Step by step one goes to Rome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa commodità fa l’uomo ladro.Opportunity makes the thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAver un occhio alla gatta, e l’altro alla padella.To have one eye on the cat and another on the frying-pan.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi è nato per la forca mai s’annegherà.He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn pajo d’orecchie seccherebbero cento lingue.One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred tongues.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA’segnali si conoscono le balle.By their marks the bales are known.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi muta stato, muta fortuna.Who changes his condition changes fortune.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi padre santalotto figlio diavolotto.The father a saint the son a devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon mostrar mai nè il fondo della tua borsa, nè del tuo animo.Never let the bottom of your purse or of your mind be seen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe donne dicono sempre il vero, ma non lo dicono tutto intero.Women always speak the truth, but not the whole truth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutti son bravi quando l’inimico fugge.All are brave when the enemy flies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha terra, ha guerra.He who has land has war.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol goder la festa, digiuni la vigilia.He who would enjoy the feast should fast on the eve.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCiò che si usa, non ha scusa.That which is customary requires no excuse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl mondo sta con tre cose: fare, disfare, e dare ad intendere.The world wags on with three things: doing, undoing, and pretending.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ci è fumo senza fuoco.There’s no smoke without fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn terra di ciechi beato chi ha un occhio.In the country of the blind blessed is he that hath one eye.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA penna a penna si pela l’oca.Feather by feather the goose is plucked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUomo lento non ha mai tempo.A slothful man never has time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDomanda al mio caro se sono ladro.Ask my chum if I am a thief.
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