A cuor vile forza non giova.Strength avails not a coward.
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Virtù di silenzio è gran scienza.The virtue of silence is a great piece of knowledge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa superbia andò a cavallo, e tornò a piedi.Pride went out on horseback, and returned on foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVal più un asino vivo che un dottore morto.A living ass is better than a dead doctor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor, tosse, e fumo malamente si nascondono.Love, a cough, and smoke, are hard to hide.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMangia tanto una rozza quanto un buon cavallo.A jade eats as much as a good horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non ha quattrini, non abbia voglie.Who has no money must have no wishes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon svegliare il can che dorme.Wake not a sleeping dog.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVicino alla chiesa, lontan da Dio.Near the church far from God.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon v’è rosa senza spina.No rose without a thorn.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando la pera è matura, convien ch’ella caggia.When the pear is ripe it must fall.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGli errori del medico gli copre la terra.The earth covers the errors of the physician.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon pianse mai uno che non ridesse un altro.One never wept but another laughed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgnun va col suo sacco al molino.Every one goes with his own sack to the mill.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPer saper troppo, perdè la sua coda la volpe.Through being too knowing the fox lost his tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha pazienza, vede la sua vendetta.Who has patience sees his revenge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMuove la coda il cane, non per te, ma per il pane.The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for bread.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlla porta chiusa il diavolo volge le spalle.The devil turns away from a closed door.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlbero spesso trapiantato mai di frutti è caricato.A tree often transplanted is never loaded with fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUomo ammogliato, uccello in gabbia.A married man is a caged bird.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDio mi guardi da chi studia un libro solo.God save me from him who studies but one book.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUna mano lava l’altra, e tutt’e due lavano il viso.One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlla fama si va per varie strade.Various are the roads to fame.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGl’Italiani saggi innanzi il fatto, i Tedeschi nel fatto, i Francesi dopo il fatto.The Italians are wise before the act, the Germans in the act, the French after the act.
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