1,463 Italian Proverbs
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“If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.”
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“If it's not one thing, it's another.”
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“If pride were an art, how many doctors we should have.”
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“If someone betrays you once, it's his fault. If he betrays you
twice, it's your fault.”
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“If the hen had not cackled, we should not know she had laid an
egg.”
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“If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone
will say it's women's work.”
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“If the sun shines on me I care not for the moon.”
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“If the wife sins the husband is not innocent.”
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“If the young man knew, if the old man could, there is nothing but
would be done.”
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“If you are a mouse don't follow frogs.”
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“If you let them put the calf on your shoulders, it will not be
long before they clap on the cow.”
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“If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.”
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“If you would have your work ill done, pay beforehand.”
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“If you would succeed, you must not be too good.”
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“If young men had wit and old men strength everything might be
well done.”
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“Ill in kine and worse in beeves.”
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“Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces.”
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“Ill news comes apace.”
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“Ill news travels fast.”
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“Illness tells us what we are.”
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“Imagination gallops, judgment merely walks.”
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“In a golden sheath a leaden knife.”
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“In men every mortal sin is venial, in women every venial sin is
mortal.”
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“In prosperity no altars smoke.”
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“In the country of the blind blessed is he that hath one eye.”
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