More Italian Proverbs

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

He who puts up with insult invites injury... >>

Other Proverbs

He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his ow... (French) >>

A little loss frightens, a great one tames.... (Spanish) >>

The bow that is always bent slackens or breaks.... (Spanish) >>

May God not so prosper our friends that they forget us.... (Spanish) >>

A carrion crow never brings luck.... (English) >>

No pear falls into a shut mouth.

- Italian Proverb