More Italian Proverbs
No pear falls into a shut mouth....
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He would share even his share of the sun....
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He that marries a widow with four children marries four thieves....
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High birth is a poor dish at table....
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight...
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Other Proverbs
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato ...
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He opens the door with an ax....
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They turn night into day....
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Adventures are to the adventurous....
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God made hands before knives....
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For a wife and horse to your neighbour.
- Italian Proverb