Chi vuol assai, non dimandi poco.He who wants a good deal must not ask for a little.
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Ogni cane è leone a casa sua.Every dog is a lion at home.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non può, sempre vuole.He who is unable is always willing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuon pagatore dell’altrui borsa è signore.He who pays well is master of other men’s purses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQual è l’amante, tal è l’amata.As is the lover so is the beloved.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha danari da buttar via, metta gli operaj, e non vi stia.He who has money to throw away, let him employ workmen, and not stand by.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAnco il cane col dimenar la coda si guadagna le spese.Even the dog gets bread by wagging his tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesForte è l’aceto di vin dolce.Strong is the vinegar of sweet wine.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio lasciare che mancare.It is better to leave than to lack.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon ci è il più cattivo sordo di quel che non vuol udire.None so deaf as he that will not hear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl medico pietoso fa la piaga puzzolente.The tender surgeon makes the wound gangrene.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon si può ad un tempo bere e fischiare.One cannot drink and whistle at the same time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBella promessa lega il matto.Fair promises bind fools.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa volpe consiglia le altre a tagliarsi la coda, per aver lasciata la propria al laccio.The fox advised the others to cut off their tails, because he had left his own in the trap.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn un giorno non si fe’ Roma.Rome was not built in a day.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’armi de’ poltroni non tagliano, nè forano.Cowards’ weapons neither cut nor pierce.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFra galantuomini parola è istrumento.Among men of honour a word is a bond.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSotto l’istesso fuoco si purifica l’oro, e si consuma la paglia.The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE buon comprare quando un altro vuol vendere.It is good to buy when another wants to sell.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa paura guarda la vigna.Fear guards the vineyard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOnor di bocca assai giova, e poco costa.Lip courtesy pleases much and costs little.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi compra terra, compra guerra.Who buys land buys war.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi prende, si vende.Who accepts, sells himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA gran salita gran discesa.The higher the rise the greater the fall.
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