Italian Proverb
53 quotations
Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.
Our last garment is made without pockets.
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
The person who lives by hope will die by despair.
To him who is determined it remains only to act.
Speak of the Devil and he appears.
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Often he who does too much does too little.
The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
Old wine and friends improve with age.
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
Big mouthfuls often choke.
He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.
The healthy die first.
He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.
Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.
Hunger is the best sauce.
The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp.
He who is not impatient is not in love.
He who knows little quickly tells it.
The right man comes at the right time.
Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself.
A little man often cast a long shadow.
Substance is not enough, accident is also required.