Dei gusti non se ne disputa.There’s no disputing about tastes.
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Misura tre volte, e taglia una.Measure three times and cut once.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPoichè la casa brucia, io mi scalderò.Since the house is on fire I will warm myself at the blaze.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi altri tribola, sè non posa.Who troubles others has no rest himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha qualche cosa, è qualche cosa.Who has something is something.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonar si chiama pescar.Giving is fishing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non sa dissimulare, non sa regnare.Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to reign.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA colomba pasciuta la vescia par amara.Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped pigeon.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSacco pieno rizza l’orecchio.A full sack pricks up its ear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi semina spine, non vada scalzo.Who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl fuoco fa saltar le vespe fuor del vespaio.Fire drives the wasp out of its nest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiega l’albero quando è giovane.Bend the tree while it is young.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgnuno all’arte sua, e il bue all’aratro.Every one to his own calling, and the ox to the plough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha buon vicino, ha buon mattino.He who has a good neighbour has a good morning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è in alcun luogo chi è per tutto.He is in no place who is everywhere.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol arricchire in un anno, è impiccato in sei mesi.He who would be rich in a year gets hanged in six months.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi picciol uomo spesso grand’ombra.A little man often casts a long shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPela la gazza, e non la far strillare.Pluck the magpie, and don’t make her scream.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVedon più quattr’occhi che due.Four eyes see more than two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPecora mansueta da ogni agnello è tettata.A mild sheep is sucked by every lamb.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGettar la fune dietro la secchia.To throw the rope after the bucket.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA causa perduta, parole assai.Plenty of words when the cause is lost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ride del mal d’altri, ha il suo dietro l’uscio.Who laughs at others’ ills, has his own behind the door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI colpi non si danno a patti.Blows are not given upon conditions.
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