More Italian Proverbs

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

A runaway monk never praises his monastery.... >>

A woman, a steak, and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten the bett... >>

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

Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.... >>

Other Proverbs

The gardener's feet do no harm to the garden.... (Spanish) >>

Four things put a man beside himself--women, tobacco, cards,... (Spanish) >>

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.... (Spanish) >>

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.... (French) >>

The wolf changes his coat but not his nature... (Latin) >>

Silence was never written down.

- Italian Proverb