Necessità non ha legge.Necessity has no law.
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Chi dà, insegna a rendere.Who gives, teaches a return.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fa la casa in piazza, o la fa troppo alta o troppo bassa.He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando i furbi vanno in processione, il diavolo porta la croce.When rogues go in procession the devil carries the cross.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi questo mondo ciascuno n’ha quanto se ne toglie.Of this world each man has as much as he takes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmami, poco, ma continua.Love me little and love me long.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe piovesser maccheroni, che bel tempo pei ghiottoni!If it rained maccaroni, what a fine time for gluttons!
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi dice è mentitore.They say, is a liar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFemmine e galline per troppo andar si perdono.Women and hens are lost by too much gadding.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesContento io, contento il mondo.I being satisfied, the world is satisfied.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi compra ciò che pagar non può, vende ciò che non vuole.He who buys what he cannot pay for, sells what he would rather not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcqua passata non macina più.Water past will not turn the mill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTra ’l cuoco e il canovaio non è mai nimicizia.There is never enmity between the cook and the butler.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn fior non fa ghirlanda.One flower does not make a garland.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutte le volpi alla fine si riveggono in pellicceria.At last the foxes all meet at the furrier’s.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn male ed un frate rare volte soli.A misfortune and a friar seldom go alone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTutto quello che crolla non cade.Not all that shakes falls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPazzo chi perde il volo per lo sbalzo.He is a fool who loses the flight for the leap.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi tocca la pece, s’imbratta.He who touches pitch defiles himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesT’annoia il tuo vicino? Prestagli uno zecchino.Does your neighbour bore you? Lend him a sequin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonne, asini, e noci voglion le mani atroci.Women, asses, and nuts, require strong hands.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDio ci manda la carne, ma il diavolo i cuochi.God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’amicizia si de’ sdruscire, non istracciare.Friendship should be unpicked, not rent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA la barba de’ pazzi il barbier impara a radere.On a fool’s beard the barber learns to shave.
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