Il mondo è fatto a scale, chi le scende e chi le sale.The world is like a staircase; some go up, others go down.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe world is like a staircase; some go up, others go down.
Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · ITALIAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 779 · «Il mondo è fatto a scale, chi le scende e chi le sale.»
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