Italian Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,463 Italian Proverbs
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“Cap in hand never did any harm.”
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“Chastise the good and he will mend, chastise the bad and he will
grow worse.”
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“Choose neither a lover nor linen by candlelight.”
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“Christmas comes but once a year.”
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“Conscience is as good as a thousand witnesses.”
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“Conscience is the chamber of justice.”
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“Conscience makes cowards of us all.”
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“Consolation, for the condemned, is to be one of many.”
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“Corsairs against corsairs, there is nothing to win but empty
barrels.”
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“Counsel is nothing against love.”
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“Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.”
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“Credit is dead, bad pay killed it.”
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“Credit lost is like a broken looking-glass.”
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“Crimes may be secret, yet not secure.”
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“Criminals are punished, that others may be amended.”
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“Criticizing another's garden doesn't keep the weeds out of your
own.”
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“Crooked by nature is never made straight by education.”
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“Cunning men's cloaks sometimes fall.”
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“Curses are like processions: they return to whence they set out.”
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“Cut off the dog's tail, he remains a dog.”
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“Dearth foreseen never came.”
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“Delays are dangerous.”
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“Deliberate before you act.”
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“Different times different manners.”
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“Dirty water does not wash clean.”
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