Tanto è morir di male quanto d’amore.It is all one whether you die of sickness or of love.
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Il veleno si spegne col veleno.Poison quells poison.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE ardito il gallo sopra il suo letame.The cock is bold on his own dunghill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe’ peccati de’ signori fanno penitenza i poveri.Poor men do penance for rich men’s sins.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl mondo è dei flemmatici.The world belongs to the phlegmatic.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi fa à suo modo, non gli duole il capo.He who does as he likes has no headache.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha ragion, teme; chi ha torto, spera.Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong hopes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDopo un papa se ne fa un altro.After one pope another is made.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBatti il buono e’ megliora, batti il cattivo e’ peggiora.Chastise the good and he will mend, chastise the bad and he will grow worse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSavie all’impensata, alla pensata pazze son le donne.Women are wise impromptu, fools on reflection.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe io andassi al mare, lo troverei secco.If I went to sea I should find it dry.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi colomba si fa, il falcon se la mangia.He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl diavolo, quand’è vecchio, si fa romito.When the devil is old he turns hermit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha denti, non ha pane; e chi ha pane, non ha denti.He who has teeth has no bread, and he who has bread has no teeth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi vuole, non è cosa difficile.Nothing is difficult to a willing mind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSanno più un savio ed un matto, che un savio solo.A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si dice mai tanto una cosa che non sia qualche cosa.A thing is never much talked of but there is some truth in it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove va la nave, può andar il brigantino.Where the ship goes the brig can go.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDi’ all’amico il tuo segreto, e ti terrà il piè sul collo.Tell your secret to your friend and he will set his foot on your neck.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuel che non è stato, può essere.What has not been, may be.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa roba non è di chi la fa, ma di chi la gode.Wealth is not his who makes it, but his who enjoys it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon dir mal dell’anno finchè passato non sia.Speak not ill of the year until it is past.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBenchè la volpe corra, i polli hanno le ale.Though the fox runs, the pullets have wings.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’armi portan pace.Arms carry peace.
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