Bisogna unger le ruote, chi vuol che il carro corra.You must grease the wheels if you would have the car run.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesYou must grease the wheels if you would have the car run.
Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · ITALIAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 218 · «Bisogna unger le ruote, chi vuol che il carro corra.»
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