Comincia a diventar cattivo chi si tien buono.He begins to grow bad who believes himself good.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHe begins to grow bad who believes himself good.
Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · ITALIAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 493 · «Comincia a diventar cattivo chi si tien buono.»
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