A Lucca ti vidi, a Pisa ti conobbi.I saw you at Lucca, I knew you at Pisa.
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I mosconi rompon le tele de’ ragni.Big flies break the spider’s web.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe lucciole non sono lanterne.Glowworms are not lanterns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCavallo scappato da sè si gastiga.A runaway horse punishes himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon credere al santo se non fa miracoli.Don’t believe in the saint unless he works miracles.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnche i boschi hanno l’orecchie.Even woods have ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBellezza e follia sovente in compagnia.Beauty and folly are often companions.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa volontà è tutto.The will is everything.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCaro costa quel che con preghi si compra.That costs dear which is bought with begging.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl mondo è fatto a scale, chi le scende e chi le sale.The world is like a staircase; some go up, others go down.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOro è che oro vale.That is gold which is worth gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni volpe abbia cura della sua coda.Let every fox take care of his own tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl tempo è una lima sorda.Time is an inaudible file.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non sa orare, vada in mare a navigare.Who knows not how to pray let him go sail the sea.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesI matti fanno le feste, ed i savj le godono.Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi vuol con piacer mangiare, non veda cucinare.He who would relish his food must not see it cooked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ben vive, ben predica.He preaches well who lives well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEgli è buono a mandarlo per la morte.He would be a good one to send for death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGranata nuova spazza ben la casa.New brooms sweep clean.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPatto chiaro, amico caro.A clear bargain, a dear friend.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha poca vergogna, tutto il mondo è suo.Who hath little shame the world is all his own.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDove è manco cuore, quivi è più lingua.Where there is least heart there is most tongue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAltri tempi altri costumi.Different times different manners.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe siepi non hanno occhi, ma orecchie.Hedges have no eyes, but they have ears.
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