More Italian Proverbs
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get...
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Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason...
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Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the grou...
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What does not poison fattens....
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Beware of a man of one book...
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Other Proverbs
The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse....
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Good bargains are ruinous....
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You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty....
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Reason not with the great, 'tis a perilous gate....
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One must howl with the wolves....
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still
- Italian Proverb