Italian Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

1,463 Italian Proverbs
“A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit.”
“A barking cur does not bite.”
“A barking dog never bites.”
“A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.”
“A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.”
“A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large.”
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
“A blind man is not judge of colours.”
“A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader into three.”
“A braying ass eats little hay.”
“A calm portends a storm.”
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”
“A cat pent up becomes a lion.”
“A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.”
“A clear bargain, a dear friend.”
“A cloak is not made for a single shower of rain.”
“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
“A cracked pot never fell off the hook.”
“A cur's tail grows fast.”
“A dead man does not make war.”
“A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones.”
“A dog never bit me but I had some of his hair.”
“A dog that bites silently. [An insidious tradcuer. He would kill you with an air-gun.]”
“A drop of water breaks a stone.”
“A drowning man would catch at razors.”