Chi vuol molti amici, non n’ha nessuno.He that seeks to have many friends never has any.
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Nessun buon medico piglia mai medicine.No good doctor ever takes physic.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio tardi che mai.Better late than never.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDio mi guardi da chi non bee.God save me from one who does not drink.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBelle parole non pascon i gatti.Fair words won’t feed a cat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio piegare che rompere.Better bend than break.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dorme non piglia pesci.He who sleeps catches no fish.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQual figlia vuoi, tal moglie piglia.As you would have a daughter so choose a wife.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPassa la festa, ed il matto resta.The feast passes and the fool remains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna parola tira l’altra.One word brings on another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non vuol rassomigliarsi al lupo, non porti la sua pelle.Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa buona fama è come il cipresso: una volta tagliato non rinverdisce più.Good repute is like the cypress: once cut, it never puts forth leaf again.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha pazienza, ha i tordi grassi a un quattrin l’uno.Who has patience may get fat thrushes at a farthing apiece.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove sono molti cuochi, la minestra sarà troppo salata.Where there are too many cooks the soup will be too salty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssai sa, chi non sa, se tacer sa.He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tavola non vi vuol vergogna.At table bashfulness is out of place.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ama l’arbore, ama il ramo.Who loves the tree loves the branch.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA giovano soldato vecchio cavallo.An old horse for a young soldier.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa guerra fa i ladri, e la pace gl’impicca.War makes robbers, and peace hangs them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si offende mai cane gettandogli le ossa.A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl molino non macina senz’acqua.The mill does not grind without water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn avvertito ne val due.A man warned is as good as two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAll’impossibile nessuno è tenuto.No one is bound to do impossibilities.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio un magro accordo che una grassa sentenza.Better a lean agreement than a fat sentence.
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