Italian Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,463 Italian Proverbs
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“He is miserable once, who feels it; but twice, who fear it before
it comes.”
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“He is not a good mason who refuses any stone.”
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“He is not a man who cannot say no.”
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“He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on
occasion.”
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“He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasions.”
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“He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not
tell the company that the soup is hot.”
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“He is not free who drags his chain after him.”
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“He is not happy who knows it not.”
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“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.”
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“He is rich enough who does not want.”
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“He is the world's master who despises it, its slave who prizes
it.”
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“He is very blind who cannot see the sun.”
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“He is washing the crow.”
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“He is well constituted who grieves not for what he has not, and
rejoices for what he has.”
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“He is wise who learns at another's cost.”
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“He knows well where the thorn pricks him.”
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“He knows where the devil carries his tail.”
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“He knows where the devil has his tail.”
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“He laughs well who laughs last.”
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“He loves well who does not forget.”
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“He may lie safely who comes from afar.”
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“He measures others with his own yard.”
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“He must stoop that has a low door.”
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“He ought not to complain of the sea who returns to it a second
time.”
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“He runs far who never turns.”
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