Per tutto sono de’ tristi e de’ buoni.There are good and bad everywhere.
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Senza debiti, senza pensieri.Without debt without care.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe tacesse la gallina, non si saprebbe che ha fatto l’uovo.If the hen had not cackled we should not know she had laid an egg.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer diventar ricco in questo mondo, non ci vuol altro che voltar le spalle a Dio.To become rich in this world, it needs only to turn one’s back on God.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPensa molto, parla poco, e scrivi meno.Think much, speak little, and write less.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’abito è una seconda natura.Custom is second nature.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDoglia di moglie morta dura fino alla porta.Grief for a dead wife lasts to the door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMonaco vagabondo non disse mai lode del suo monastero.A vagabond monk never spoke well of his convent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcqua lontana non spegne fuoco vicino.Water afar does not quench a fire at hand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGran fumo, poco arrosto.Great smoke, little roast.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi compra a tempo, compra a buon mercato.He who buys betimes buys cheaply.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRubar il porco, e darne i piedi per l’amor di Dio.To steal the pig, and give away the pettitoes for God’s sake.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio sentir cantar il rossignuolo che rodere il topo.It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon vino fa buon sangue.Good wine makes good blood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBelle parole e mele fracide.Fair words and rotten apples.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi cerca, trova, e talor quel che non vorrebbe.He that seeks, finds, and sometimes what he would rather not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesProtestare e dare del capo nel muro, lo può fare ognuno.To protest and knock one’s head against the wall is what everybody can do.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe cattive nuove sono le prime.Bad news is the first to come.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio esser capo di lucertola che coda di dracone.Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuel che non ammazza, ingrassa.What does not poison, fattens.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVoler lasciar andare dodici danari al soldo.To be content to let twelve pennies pass for a shilling.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI principi hanno le braccia lunghe.Princes have long arms.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnco il cavallo si stanca, sebben ha quattro piedi.Even a horse, though he has four feet, stumbles.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa porta di dietro è quella che ruba la casa.The back door is the one that robs the house.
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