Compra il letto d’un gran debitore.Buy the bed of a great debtor.
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Assai romor e poca lana, disse colui che tosava la porca.Great cry and little wool, as the man said who shaved the sow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi serve al commune, serve nessuno.Who serves the public, serves no one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fa quel ch’e’ può, non fa mai bene.Who does all he may never does well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle volte più vale la feccia che il vino.Sometimes the lees are better than the wine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlla pace si può sacrificar tutto.Anything for a quiet life.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn demonio non fa l’inferno.One devil does not make hell.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi tardi arriva, mal alloggia.The late comer is ill lodged.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio esser capo di gatto che coda di leone.Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOdi l’altra parte, e credi poco.Hear the other side, and believe little.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi troppo abbraccia, nulla stringe.He who grasps too much holds nothing fast.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù lungo d’un dì senza pane.Longer than a day without bread.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando l’incendio è nel vicinato, porta l’acqua a casa tua.When there is a fire in the neighbourhood carry water to your own house.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon v’è peggior burla della vera.There’s no worse joke than a true one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol esser lungo tempo vecchio, bisogna cominciar a buon’ora.He who would be long an old man must begin betimes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTanti paesi, tante usanze.So many countries, so many customs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLo sparagno è il primo guadagno.Savings are the first gain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi dimanda non commanda.He who demands does not command.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe la superbia fosse arte, quanti dottori avremmo.If pride were an art, how many doctors we should have.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi romperebbe il collo in un filo di paglia.He would break his neck against a straw.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesServizio de’ grandi non è eredità.Service is not inheritance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non ha vergogna, tutto il mondo è suo.Who has no shame all the world is his own.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa bonaccia burrasca minaccia.A calm portends a storm.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon pagatore non si cura di dar buon pegno.A good paymaster does not hesitate to give good security.
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