More Italian Proverbs

There is no need to bind up one's head before it is broken.... >>

A cat pent up becomes a lion.... >>

He who wants a great deal must not ask for little.... >>

High birth is a poor dish at table.... >>

A favour to come is better than a hundred received.... >>

Other Proverbs

The most cautious passes for the most chaste.... (Spanish) >>

After a thrifty father, a prodigal son.... (Spanish) >>

Either the ass will die, or he that goads it.... (Spanish) >>

All's lost that's put in a riven dish.... (Spanish) >>

He who at thirty has no brains, will never purchase an estat... (Spanish) >>

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

- Italian Proverb