Più che il martello dura l’incudine.The anvil lasts longer than the hammer.
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Chi non dà fine al pensare, non dà principio al fare.Who has never done thinking never begins doing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando il tuo diavol nacque, il mio andava a scuola.When your devil was born, mine was going to school.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesInvano si pesca, se l’amo non ha esca.It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl can battuto dal bastone, ha paura dell’ombra.The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi affoga, grida ancor che non sia udito.He that is drowning shouts though he be not heard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPovertà non ha parenti.Poverty has no kin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDopo il radere non ci è più che tosare.After shaving there is nothing to shear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAl lume di lucerna ogni rustica par bella.By lamplight every country wench seems handsome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuona quella lima che doma il ferro senza strepito.It is a good file that cuts iron without making a noise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChe ne può la gatta se la massaia è matta?How can the cat help it if the maid be a fool?
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTre fratelli, tre castelli.Three brothers, three castles.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove l’uscio è basso, bisogna inchinarsi.He must stoop that has a low door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa forca è fatta per i disgraziati.The gallows was made for the unlucky.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDopo che i cavalli sono presi, serrar la stalla.To lock the stable after the horses are taken.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha da esser zanaiuolo, nasce col manico in mano.He who is meant to be a basket-carrier is born with the handle in his hand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGatta inguantata non prese mai topo.A muffled cat is no good mouser.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPrega il villano, il mercato è disfatto.Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chi la riesce bene, è tenuto per savio.He who succeeds is reputed wise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDall’acqua cheta, mi guardi Iddio; che dalla corrente, mi guarderò io.From still water God keep me; from running water I will keep myself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPiù pazzi che quei da Zago, che davan del letame al campanile perchè crescesse.Greater fools than they of Zago, who dunged the steeple to make it grow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCosa fatta capo ha.A thing done has a head. (The exultation of an ancient sculptor on his satisfactorily completing the head of his statue.)
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ama, teme.Who loves, fears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi cerca mal, mal trova.Harm watch, harm catch.
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