More Italian Proverbs

Land was never lost for want of an heir.... >>

If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range o... >>

Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.... >>

He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne... >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... >>

Other Proverbs

Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.... (Spanish) >>

He who searches for pearls should not sleep... (English) >>

To the grateful man give more than he asks.... (Spanish) >>

Diseases are the interest of pleasures.... (English) >>

Black as night and devil's kite... (English) >>

A woman, a steak, and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten the better they be.

- Italian Proverb