Chi primo arriva al molin, primo macina.The first at the mill grinds first.
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Amor è cieco ma vede da lontano.Love is blind but sees afar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn uomo di paglia vuole una donna d’oro.A man of straw needs a woman of gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle belle donno le più volte toccano i brutti uomini.Handsome women generally fall to the lot of ugly men.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE’ non mi morse mai cane ch’io non avessi del suo pelo.A dog never bit me but I had some of his hair.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù spegne una buona parola, che un secchio d’acqua.One good word quenches more heat than a bucket of water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGli alberi grandi fanno più ombra che frutto.Large trees give more shade than fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi pratica co’grandi, l’ultimo è a tavola, e’l primo a’strapazzi.Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPreso il partito, cassato l’affanno.Once resolved, the trouble is over.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuel che non puoi aver, biasima.What you can’t have, abuse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon cavallo non ha bisogno de’ sproni.Never spur a willing horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon v’è peggior ladro d’un cattivo libro.There is no worse thief than a bad book.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCorte Romana non vuol pecora senza lana.The court of Rome likes not sheep without wool.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa chiave d’oro apre ogni porta.The golden key opens every door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon son tutti santi quelli che vanno in chiesa.All are not saints who go to church.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBugie hanno corte le gambe.Lies have short legs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUno leva la lepre, un altro la piglia.One starts the hare, another catches it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAltra cosa è il dire, altra il fare.Saying is one thing, doing another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni scusa è buona pur che vaglia.Any excuse is good if it hold good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI paragoni son tutti odiosi.Comparisons are odious.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRotta la testa, si mette la celata.When his head is broken he puts on his helmet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon principio fa buon fine.A good beginning makes a good ending.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssai guadagna, chi vano sperar perde.He gains much who loses a vain hope.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù tosto si arriva un bugiardo, che uno zoppo.A liar is sooner caught than a cripple.
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