Al primo colpo non casca l’albero.The tree does not fall at the first stroke.
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Uomo ozioso è il capezzale del diavolo.An idle man is the devil’s bolster.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe leggi sono fatte pei tristi.Laws were made for rogues.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesComincia a diventar cattivo chi si tien buono.He begins to grow bad who believes himself good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAccasca in un punto quel che non accasca in cento anni.That happens in a moment which may not happen in a hundred years.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl meglio è nemico del bene.Better is an enemy to well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove la siepe è bassa, ognun vuol passare.Where the hedge is low every one will cross it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBocca chiusa ed occhi aperti.Mouth shut and eyes open.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAccostati a’ buoni e sarai uno di essi.Associate with the good and you will be one of them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiccola pietra rovescia gran carro.A little stone overturns a great cart.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi tutto nega, tutto confessa.He who denies all confesses all.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA buon intenditor poche parole.A word to the wise is enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe ti lasci metter in spalla il vitello, quindi a poco ti metteranno la vacca.If you let them put the calf on your shoulders, it will not be long before they clap on the cow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPlacato il cane, il rubar è facile.It is easy robbing when the dog is quieted.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonne, preti, e polli non son mai satolli.Women, priests, and poultry, never have enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesN’ammazza più la gola che la spada.Gluttony kills more than the sword.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù vale il fumo di casa mia, che il fuoco dell’altrui.The smoke of my own house is better than another man’s fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRompe una pietra una goccia d’acqua.A drop of water breaks a stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi si scusa senz’esser accusato, fa chiaro il suo peccato.Who excuses himself without being accused makes his fault manifest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon fu mai così bella scarpa che non diventasse brutta ciabatta.There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI lupi non si mangiano l’un l’altro.Wolves do not eat each other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando la volpe predica, guardatevi, galline.When the fox preaches, take care of yourselves, hens.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon è tutto butiro che fa la vacca.All is not butter that comes from the cow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVendetta di cent’anni ha ancora i lattaiuoli.Revenge a hundred years old has still its milk-teeth.
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