More Italian Proverbs

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

What does not poison fattens.... >>

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.... >>

He would share even his share of the sun.... >>

No pear falls into a shut mouth.... >>

Other Proverbs

Poverty is a sort of leprosy.... (French) >>

He is out of danger who rings the alarm-bell.... (Spanish) >>

Let no one say, "Of this water I will not drink."... (Spanish) >>

He who would cheat the fox must rise early.... (Spanish) >>

A child of a year old sucks milk from the heel.... (Spanish) >>

Land was never lost for want of an heir.

- Italian Proverb