Italian Proverbs

Who falls in water doesn't drown - but who falls badly will.
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Don't tell a peasant how well cheese goes with pears.
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Let sleeping dogs lie.
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The good day can be seen from the morning.
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One does not live by bread alone.
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Calmness is the virtue of the strong.
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Experience is more important than theory.
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Today to you, tomorrow to me.
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There is nothing new under the sun.
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Hope is last to die.
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He who finds a friend finds a treasure.
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Don't spit in the wind, it might land on your head.
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Mind your own business, and you'll live 100 years.
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He who has his own mother never cries.
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The melody's changed but the song remains the same.
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Give them a finger and they'll take an arm.
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There is an exception to every rule.
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He who eats alone dies alone.
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Not all those who are learned are wise.
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Better to be envied than pitied.
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One enemy is too many and a hundred friends aren't enough.
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An ocean lies between what is said and what is done.
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Those who sleep don't catch any fish.
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To every bird, his own nest is beautiful.
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He who works by himself does the work of three people.
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Death will find me alive.
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A new broom sweeps clean.
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Patience is never too much.
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Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep.
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He who perseveres wins at last.
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To each his own.
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Do no evil and have no fear.
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He who wrongs someone has to expect something in retaliation.
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He who wants too much doesn't catch anything.
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He who goes slowly goes safely and goes far.
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You can't make something from nothing.
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Experience is the best teacher.
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Who leaves the old street for the new one, knows what he left but not what he'll find.
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The morning hours are the most precious of the day.
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How poor is a home without a woman!
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Friend who won't give, relatives who won't lend you a hand, avoid them like the plague.
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