Italian proverbs

thumb|right|Do not let sunset still find you nursing your anger. Italian proverbs are short expressions of popular wisdom from Italy and other countries where Italian is spoken. __NOTOC__ A A cane scottato l'acqua fredda pare calda. English equivalent: Once bitten twice shy. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 2 A chi bene crede, Dio provvede. English equivalent: God listens to those who have faith/ Have faith and God shall provide. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 873 2200 0415096243 A chi parla poco, gli basta la metà del cervello. English equivalent: Least said, soonest mended. "In private animosities and verbal contentions, where angry passions are apt to rise, and irritating, if not profane expressions are often made use of - the least said, the better in general. By multiplying words, cases often grow worse instead of better." Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125 1845 Munroe and Company 125 Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT820 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 1053 1383 A chi un segreto? Ad un bugiardo o un muto: questi non parla, e quei non è creduto. English equivalent: To whom may you tell a secret? To liar, or a dumb man: the one cannot speak, and the other is not believed. Reported in: Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), no. 16 A chi vuole, non mancano modi. English equivalent: Where there is a will, there is a way. "If you are sufficiently determined to achieve something, then you will find a way of doing so." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA113 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 299 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 95 107 A mali estremi, estremi rimedi. English equivalent: Desperate times call for desperate measures. "Drastic action is called for – and justified – when you find yourself in a particularly difficult situation." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA53 10 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 53 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT552 27 November 2013 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 687 797 A goccia a goccia s'incava la pietra. English equivalent: Constant dropping wears away the stone. "A drop hollows out the stone by falling not twice, but many times; so too is a person made wise by reading not two, but many books." (Giordano Bruno, Il Candelaio) Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 187 504 0415160502 A padre guadagnatore figlio spenditore. English equivalent: A miserly father makes a prodigal son. von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA292 II 1875 German 292 523, Vater Ad ogni pazzo piace il suon del suo sonaglio. English equivalentː Every fool is pleased with his own folly. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT411 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 139 147 Ad ogni uccello il proprio nido è bello. English equivalent: The bird loves her own nest. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT410 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 776 923 Aggiungere legno al fuoco. English equivalent: To add fuel to the fire. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 78 107 Al buon vino non bisogna frasca. English equivalent: Good wine needs no bush. "A good product does not need advertising." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA109 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 109 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 34 107 Al piu potente ceda il più prudente. English equivalent: Better bow than break. "It is better to make some confession, or pay a little deference to others, our neighbors, friends, acquaintances, and especially our superiors, rather than lose our credit or break friendship." Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46 1845 Munroe and Company 46 Ward Caroline National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 1842 J.W. Parker 20 Alla buona derrata, pensaci su. English equivalent: The best goods are cheapest in the end. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 116 107 Anche il pazzo dice talvolta parole da savio. English equivalent: Even a fool may give a wise man counsel. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 40 504 0415160502 Anche il sole passa sopra il fango, e non s'imbratta. Translation: The sun passes over filth and is not defiled. Italian proverb, quoted in Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages : Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically (1887) by Robert Christy, p. 322. Anche in paradiso non è bello essere soli. English equivalent: There is no greater torment than to be alone in paradise. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1106 2200 0415096243 Amare e non essere amato, quanto risponde sens esser chiamato. English Equivilent: To love and be loved as it is meant to be Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 676 2200 0415096243 Amicizia di signore non è retaggio; chi troppo se ne fida non è saggio. English equivalent: A king's favour is no inheritance. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Amor, tosse e fumo, malemente si nascondono. English equivalent: Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide. Kelly Walter Keating 1859 Proverbs of all nations W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) 50 238 Amor tutti eguaglia. English equivalent: Love makes all equal. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 767 2200 0415096243 Anche la legna storta dà fuoco diritto. English equivalent: Crooked logs make straight fires. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 683 2200 0415096243 Andara a Roma senza vedere il papa.'" English equivalent: He was in Rome and did not see the pope. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA274 11 January 2013 Routledge 978-1-136-78971-7 274 A caval donato non si guarda in bocca. English equivalent: Look not a gift horse in the mouth. "And so with respect to gifts and donations in general, whether their value be more or less, they should be accounted tokens of kindness and received with promptness and cordiality." Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127 1845 Munroe and Company 127 Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 52 0415160502 A carne di lupo, zanne di cane. English equivalent: You must meet roughness with roughness. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 12 504 0415160502 A chi dai il dito si prende anche il braccio. English equivalent: Give an inch and they'll take a mile. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 828 0415096243 A chi Dio vuol castigare leva il cervello. English equivalent: Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 841 2200 0415096243 A torto si lagna del mare chi due volte ci vuol tornare. English equivalent: He complains wrongfully at the sea that suffer shipwreck twice. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 898 2200 0415096243 Aiutati che Dio ti aiuta English equivalent: Help yourself, and God will help you. "When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 150 527 1-875943-44-7 Maurus 2002 Nella sofferenza aiutati che Dio ti aiuta Segno 8872826551 Al confessore, medico e avvocato, non tenere il ver celato. English equivalent: Hide nothing from thy minister, physician and lawyer. Barosso Pietro Antonio Proverbj e detti proverbiali scelti e ristampati per cura di P. A. Barosso con gli equivalenti latini https://books.google.com/books?id=vgtsVv5FdDsC&pg=PA3 1837 3 Assai pampini e poca uva. English equivalent: He says the moon is made of cheese. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 92 504 0415160502 Aspetta, caval, che l'erba cresca. English equivalent: While the grass grows the steed starves. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1228 2200 0415096243 B Batti il ferro finché è caldo. Translation: Strike while the iron is hot. Sabopak 1997 Battere il ferro finché è caldo Gruppo Editoriale Tipografico 8887189005 Bella Cosa tosto è rapita. English equivalent: All that is fair must fade. "Nothing lasts forever." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA80 21 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 80 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 10 Bella in vista, dentro è trista. English equivalent: A fair face and a foul heart. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 35 504 0415160502 Ben finisce chi considera il fine. Translation: He ends well who considers the end. English equivalent: Whatever you do, act wisely, and consider the end. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 600 2200 0415096243 Bisogna accomodarsi ai tempi. English equivalent: Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 865 2200 0415096243 Bisogna che si levi di buon'ora chi desidera piacere a tutti. English equivalent: He had need rise early who would please everybody. "It is impossible to do something that everybody will approve of." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA313 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 313 Caroline Ward National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43 1842 J.W. Parker 43 Bisogna prima pensare e poi fare. English equivalent: A closed mouth catches no flies. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 751 2200 0415096243 Bisogna rischiare la scardola per avere il salmone. Translation: Who wants to win a gander, you need to weigh Drake. English equivalent: Set a herring to catch a whale. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1134 2200 0415096243 Bisogna saper afferrare l'occasione pei capelli. English equivalent: Opportunity knocks only once. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 400 2200 0415096243 Bocca di miele, cuore di fiele. English equivalent: A honey tongue and a heart of gall. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 108 504 0415160502 Breve orazione penetra. English equivalent: Short prayers reach heaven. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 75 107 Buona incudine non teme martello. English equivalent: A good anvil does not fear the hammer. Bohn George Henry A Polyglott of Foreign Proverbs, comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English translations, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=N9xUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA75 1857 75 Italian Proverbs Buon principio fa buon fine. English equivalent: A good beginning makes a good ending; Well begun, is half done. "Starting properly ensures the speedy completion of a process. A – beginning is often blocked by one or more obstacles (potential barriers) the removal of which may ensure the smooth course of the process." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 228 527 1-875943-44-7 Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Buon seme dà buoni frutti. Translation: Good tree makes good fruit. English equivalent: The fruit of a good tree is also good. Meaning: Good parents will make good children due to example followed closely and daily. Giuseppe Catenacci L'avvocato in paradiso http://books.google.com/books?id=akkIAQAAMAAJ 9 June 2013 1967 Gastaldi 259 C Can che abbaia non morde. Translation: The dog that barks doesn't bite. English equivalent: Barking dogs seldom bite. "People who make the most or the loudest threats are the least likely to take action." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA14 20 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 17 Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 146 0415160502 Camminare sopra il filo di un rasoio. English equivalent: Do not play with edged tools. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 716 2200 0415096243 Carta canta. English equivalent: A great friend is Plato, but a greater frien Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 117 504 0415160502 Cavallo riscaldato, (e garzon ritornato), non fu mai buono. English equivalent: Take heed of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 25 504 0415160502 Chiave d'oro apre ogni porta. English equivalent: A golden key opens any gate but that of heaven. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 8 Chi affoga s'attaccherrebbe alle funi del cielo English equivalent: A drowning man plucks at a straw. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 33 504 0415160502 Chi ama me, ama il mio cane. Translation: Whoever loves me, loves my dog. English equivalent: Love me, love my dog. Meaning: If you love someone, you will virtually like everything about him. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 953 2200 0415096243 Chi aspettar suole, ha ciò che vuole. English equivalent. He that can have patience can have what he will. Other English equivalent: Patience is a remedy for every sorrow. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 87 504 0415160502 Chi ben commincia è alla metà dell’opra. Translation: Who well begins, is half way through his task. Carlo Goldoni, Il filosofo (The Country Philosopher), Part II, scene I (Lesbina); reported in Benfield Harbottle Thomas Dalbiac Philip Hugh S. Sonnenschein Dictionary of Quotations (French and Italian) 1904 261 565 https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofquot00harbuoft/page/261/mode/1up Chi dà presto dà due volte. English equivalent: He gives twice, who gives in a trice. Pescetti Orlando Proverbi italiani raccolti e ridotti sotto à certi capi e luoghi comuni per ordine d'alfabeto da Orlando Pescetti https://books.google.com/books?id=0fkXqSJmiyEC&pg=PA23-IA1 1603 23 Chi da se stesso può fare alcuna cosa, non aspetti che altri la faccia. Translation: Who by himself can do anything, do not wait for others to do. English equivalent: For what thou canst do thyself, rely not on another. Latin equivalent: Ne quid expectes amicos, quod tute agere possis. Translation: Expect nothing from friends, do what you can do yourself. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 600 2200 0415096243 Chi di gallina nasce, convien che razzoli. Translation: As the abbot sings, so the sacristan responds. Meaning: Children will become like older generations. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 138 0415160502 Chi di gatta nasce, sorci piglia. English equivalent: What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. Meaning: You can seldom change human nature with the help of logic. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 985 2200 0415096243 Chi disordani da giovane se ne pente da vecchio. English equivalent: They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young. Strauss Emanuel 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge II 1605 1151 2200 0415096243 Chi due lepri caccia, l'una non piglia, e l'altra lascia. English equivalent: You must not run after two hares at the same time. Meaning: "Concentrate on one thing at a time or you will achieve nothing. - Trying to do two or more things at a time, when even one on its own needs full effort, means that none of them will be accomplished properly." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 X X ** Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 102 Chi è assente ha sempre torto. English equivalent: The absent are always in the wrong. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 1 3 E ‘’Chi ha bisogna s’arrenda.’’ English equivalent: Beggars can’t be choosers. "We must accept with gratitude and without complaint what we are given when we do not have the means or opportunity to provide ourselves with something better.” Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA19 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 19 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 16 Chi ha bisogno, domandi. English equivalent: Lose nothing for want of asking. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 116 Chi ha capo di cera non vada al sole. Translation: Who has a head of wax should not be in the sunshine. English equivalent: He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 54 176 Chi ha fatto il mala, faccia la penitenza. English equivalent: As you make your bed, so you must lie. "You must put up with the unpleasant results of a foolish action or decision." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA14 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 14 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 7 Chi ha fatto il male, faccia la penitenza. Translation: What you reap is what you sow. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 394 0415160502 Chi ha fretta, indugi. English equivalent: Make haste slowly. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT204 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 204 H 1342 Chi ha imbarcato il diavolo, bisogna che lomeni. English equivalent: Better never begun than never ended; He that takes the devil into the boat must carry him over the sound. von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA244 II 1875 German 244–245 439, Teufel Chi ha la rouga si gratti. English equivalent: If the shoe fits, wear it. "I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature." Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: Food For The Soul (1970) Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 II 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 998 1276 Chi ha più giudizio più n'adoperi. Translation: To whom much is entrusted, much is required. English equivalent: Everybody to whom much is given, much is expected. "More is expected of those who have received more - that is, those who had good fortune, are naturally gifted, or have been shown special favour." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC 8 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 75** Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1095 2200 0415096243 Chi ha tegoli di vetro, non tiri sassi al vicino. English equivalentː People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 182 1201 Chi ha una retta coscienza possiede un regno. English equivalent: His own desire leads every man. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 977 2200 0415096243 Chi he sano e da pie del Sultano. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world-and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 879 2200 0415096243 Chi ha nome, ha robe English equivalent: A good name is the best of all treasures. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 58 504 0415160502 Chi da giovane ha un vizio, in vecchiaia fa sempre quell'uffizio. Translation: Old habits die hard. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1122 0415096243 Chi dorme non piglia pesci. Translation: Those who sleep don't catch any fish. English equivalent: Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. "A lifestyle that involves neither staying up late nor sleeping late is good for body and mind and leads to financial success." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA70 5 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 70 Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 147 0415160502 Chi due lepri caccia, l'una non piglia e l'altra lascia. English equivalent: Grasp all, lose all Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 886 0415096243 Chi fa da sé, fa per tre. Translation: He who works by himself does the work of three (people). English equivalent: If you want something done right, do it yourself. Aversion: "L'unione fa la forza" ("Union produces might.") Boerio, Manin 1829 Dizionario del dialetto veneziano A. Santini 13 Chi lascia la via vecchia per la nuova, sa quel che lascia, ma non sa quel che trova. Translation: He who leaves the old road for the new knows what he leaves behind, but doesn't know what he is going to find. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 638 504 0415160502 Chi mal pensa, mal abbia. English equivalent: Shame take him that shame thinketh. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge entry 806 2200 0415096243 Chi male comincia, peggio finisce. English equivalent: A bad beginning makes a bad ending. "It is as impossible that a system radically erroneous, once commenced, should end well, as it is that a mathematical problem, commenced wrong, should come out right." William Henry Porter Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202 1845 Munroe and Company 202 Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT9 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 1 1 Chi non è meco, è contro a meco. English equivalent: He who is not with me is against me. Originally from the Bible, Luke 11:23 and Matthew 12:30. Specified as a proverb in (Strauss, 1994 p. 974) Chi non fa quando può, non fa quando vuole. English equivalent: He that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay. "Opportunity is like a bald-headed man with only a patch of hair right in front. You have to grab that hair, grasp the opportunity while it's confronting you, else you'll be grasping a slick bald head." Misattributed to Brooker T. Washington This seems to be a paraphrase sumarizing a speech at the Carrie Tuggle Institute, Birmingham, as described in Thinking Black: Some of the Nation's Best Black Columnists Speak Their Mind (1997) by DeWayne Wickham Kelly Walter Keating 1859 Proverbs of all nations W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) 41 238 Chi non ha cervello, abbia gambe. English equivalent: A forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT206 2001 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-4673-3 206 H 1355 Chi non può fare come vuole, faccia come può. English equivalent: Do as you may, if you can't do as you could. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 707 2200 0415096243 Chi non sa obbedir, non sa comandar. Translation: He who has not obeyed, cannot command. English equivalent: Who has not served cannot command. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 855 2200 0415096243 Chi non si lascia consigliare, no si può aiutare. Translation: He who can't be advised, can also not be helped. English equivalent: He that will not be counseled cannot be helped. "It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal." Oscar Wilde, The Portrait Of Mr. W. H. (1889), p. 5. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 964 2200 0415096243 Chi non tura bucolia, tera bucape. English equivalent: A stitch in time saves nine. "No one needs to be told that a vast deal of labor is expended unnecessarily. This is occasioned, to a great extent, by the neglect of seasonable repairs." Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13 1845 Munroe and Company 13 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 6 Chi mal pensa, mal abbia. English equivalent: Shame take him that shame thinketh. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge entry 806 2200 0415096243 Chi non ha danari in borsa, abbia miel in bocca. Translation: He who has no money in the purse must have honey in the mouth English equivalent: You can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 100 Chi parla assai, falla spesso. English equivalent: Least said, soonest mended. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 53 107 Chi parla molto agisce poco. Big talkers are not big doers. English equivalentː Great talkers are little doers. "Well done is better than well said." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT398 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 398– Chi perde sempre ha torto. English equivalent: Losers are always in the wrong. La plupart des gens ne jugent des hommes que par la vogue qu'ils ont, ou par leur fortune. "Most people judge men only by their fashion or their fortune." François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxim 212 Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678) Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Italian Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=PPCkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT180 2011 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-0793-2 180 1355 Chi presto denta, presto sdenta. Translation: Those who soon inquire, soon get old. English equivalent: Curiosity killed the cat. "Inquisitiveness – or a desire to find about something – can lead you into trouble." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA49 9 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 49 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 684 2200 0415096243 Chi ruba poco, ruba assai. English equivalent: He that steals an egg will steal an ox. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 962 2200 0415096243 Chi ruba una volta è sempre ladro. English equivalent: Once a drunkard always a drunkard; Once a thief always a thief. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 771 2200 0415096243 Chi si loda, si lorda. English equivalent: Don't blow your own horn. Meaning: Don't praise yourself. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 71 107 Chi si pasce di speranza, fa la fresca danza English equivalent: He that lives on hope will die fasting. "Do not pin all your hopes on something you may not attain, because you could up with end nothing." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA120 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 120 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 952 2200 0415096243 Chi sta bene non si muove. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 166 504 0415160502 Chi sta alle scolte, sente le sue colpe. English equivalent: Eavesdroppers hear no good of themselves. Meaning: "People who eavesdrop on the conversations of others risk hearing unfavorable comments about themselves; used as a warning or reprimand." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA171 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 171 Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT684 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 238 250 Chi tardi arriva, male allogia. English equivalent: The early bird gets the worm. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 32 Chi tosto giudica, tosto si pente. Translation: Who judges soon, soon repents. English equivalent: Hasty judgment leads to repentance. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 196 2200 0415096243 Chi vuol arricchire in un anno, è impiccato in sei mesi. English equivalent: No one gets rich quickly if he is honest. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 963 2200 0415096243 Chi vuol dir mal d'altrui, pensi prima a sè stesso. English equivalent: Everyone should sweep before his own door. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 28 Chi vuol gastigar un villano, lo dia a gastigar ad un altro. English equivalent: Set a thief to catch a thief. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 74 107 Chi vuol' mangiar col diavolo bisogna aver cucchiaio lungo. English equivaleny: He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 920 0415160502 Chi vuol pigliare uccelli non deve trar loro dietro randelli. English equivalent: Deal gently with the bird you mean to catch. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 689 2200 0415096243 Chi vuol saldar pinga non la maneggia. English equivalent: It is not wise to open old wounds. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 45 107 Ciò che Dio fa è ben fatto. English equivalent: Each day brings it own bread. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 757 2200 0415096243 Ciò che e rimasto ha sapore piu dolce. English equivalent: The sweetest flesh is near the bones. Strauss Emanuel 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge II 1666 1176 2200 0415096243 Con la pazienza s'acquista scienza. Translation: With patience you go beyond knowledge. English equivalent: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 415 2200 0415096243 Con nulla non si fa nulla. English equivalent: From nothing, nothing can come. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 238 504 0415160502 Comprare una gatta nel sacco. English equivalent: Let the buyer have a thousand eyes for the seller wants only one. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1101 2200 0415096243 Come la cosa indugia, piglia vizio. English equivalent: There is danger in delay. "Hesitation or procastination may lead to trouble or disaster." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA53 10 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 53 Pescetti Orlando Proverbi Italiani ... Di nuovo ... coretti, e ristampati, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=jyl8xyrvMrIC&pg=PA252-IA1 1629 252 Consiglio di chi ti vuol bene, scrivilo ancor che ti paia male. English equivalent: Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.se/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11&dq=Write+down+the+advice+of+him+who+loves+you,+though+you+like+it+not+at+present+romance+proverbs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI1PqlwffyAhUkQvEDHTb0ACAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=Write%20down%20the%20advice%20of%20him%20who%20loves%20you%2C%20though%20you%20like%20it%20not%20at%20present%20romance%20proverbs&f=false 2001 11 28 Contro i difetti del vicin t'adiri, e gli stessi difetti in te non miri. English equivalent: Forget other faults remembering your own; Forgive and forget. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 838 2200 0415096243 Credi agli anni. English equivalent: Counsel is no command. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 675 2200 0415096243 D Da chi mi fido, mi guardi Dio, da chi non mi fido guarderò io. Translation: Let God protect me from those I trust, I'll protect myself from those I don't. English equivalent: A mans worst enemies are often those of his own house. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 52 2200 0415096243 Da colpa nasce colpa English equivalent: Deep calls to deep. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 695 2200 0415096243 Dai cattivi costumi nascono le buone leggi. English equivalent: Good laws have sprung from bad customs. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 879 2200 0415096243 Dal frutto si conosce l'albero. English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree. "Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 488 2200 0415096243 Dal riso molto conosci lo stolto. English equivalent: A fool is ever laughing. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT102 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 102 137 Danari fanno danari. Translation: Money begets money. William Gurney Benham Benham, William Gurney (1914). Cassell's Book of Quotations Proverbs and Household Words: A Collection of Quotations from British and American Authors ... Cassell https://books.google.com/books?id=6oaRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA827#v=snippet&q=danari&f=false 827 Dare il diavolo ciò che gli spetta.fe meglio English equivalent: Give the devil his due. Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Allusions http://books.google.com/books?id=ltGvUYNkr8MC&pg=PA337 2009 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-7105-0 337 Flonta Teodor 2002 God and the Devil: Proverbs in 9 European Languages Teodor Flonta 21 112 1875943412 Della superbia dei poveri il diavolo se ne netta il sedere. English equivalent: Riding the high horse. Giusti Giuseppe Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni cavata dai manoscritti di Giuseppe Giusti https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv9NAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA250 1853 250 Pazienza, Rassegnazione Delle inguire il remedio è lui scordarsi. English equivalent: To forget a wrong is the best revenge. A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Other Languages, the Whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and Proper Explications https://books.google.com/books?id=3t7XywRWUx4C&pg=PA76 1817 76 forget Di buona volontà sta pieno l'inferno. English equivalent: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 257 0415160502 Dimmi con chi vai, e te dirò chi sei. English equivalent: A man is known by the company he keeps. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 5 Dio mi guardi da chi studia un libro solo. English equivalent: Fear the man of one book. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 851 2200 0415096243 Dolor comunicato è subito scemato. English equivalent: A problem shared is a problem halved. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 351 2200 0415096243 Doni di nemici non sono doni. Translation: Gifts of enemies are no gifts. Note: "This advice has its root in the story of the Trojan Horse, the treacherous subterfuge by which the Greeks finally overcame their trojan adversaries at the end of the Trojan War." English equivalent: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. "Do not trust gifts or favors if they come from an enemy." Martin H. Manser David H. Pickering The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions http://books.google.com/books?id=LIcL56NQ3gsC&pg=PA46 1 July 2013 2003 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-4868-7 46 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 855 2200 0415096243 Dopo il cattivo, viene il bel tempo. English equivalent: After rain comes sunshine. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 7 Dopo il fatto il consiglio non vale. English equivalent: When a thing is done, advice comes too late. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=S5dYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA301&dq=Geschehene+Dinge+leiden+keinen+Rath&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW6-ih_Kv2AhWkQvEDHYk8CY4Q6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=Geschehene%20Dinge%20leiden%20keinen%20Rath&f=false I 301 580, Geschehenr Dove manca natura, arte procura. English equivalent: Life imitates art. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 20 83 Du stagione tutto. English equivalent: Man proposes, God disposes. "Plans are insulted destinies. I don't have plans, I only have goals." Ash Chandler, Freudian Slip, Mumbai Mirror Buzz, April 2006. Caroline Ward National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77 1842 J.W. Parker 29 E È il tono che fa la musica. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT802 11 January 2013 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 802 È inutile piangere sul latte versato. English equivalent: It is no use crying over spilt milk. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT89 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 89 564 È meglio aver oggi un uovo che domani una gallina. English equivalent: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto 1875 Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend I https://books.google.se/books?id=S5dYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA381&dq=Besser+heut+%27+ein+Ei+,+als+morgen+ein+kuchlein&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUlN7v8b33AhWoRvEDHTkBCnkQ6AF6BAgLEAM 381 725, heut È meglio cader dalla finestra che dal tetto. It's better to fall from the window than from the roof. English equivalent: Choose the lesser of two evils. "If you are forced to choose between two options, both of which are undesirable, all you can do is choose the one that is less undesirable than the other." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA42 3 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 42 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 5 107 È meglio che si dica 'qui il tale fuggi' che 'qui il tale mori'. Translation: It is better to say "here he ran" than "here he died". English equivalent: He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. "It is wiser to withdraw from a situation that you cannot win than to go on fighting and lose – by a strategic retreat you can return to the battle or argument with renewed energy at a later date." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA123 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 123 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 702 2200 0415096243 È meglio domandar che errare. English equivalent: Better to ask the way than go astray. Bohn Henry George A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index https://books.google.com/books?id=WWoVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA96 1857 96 Italian Proverbs È meglio qualche cosa che niente English equivalent: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 75 504 0415160502 È meglio star solo che mal accompagnato. It is better to be alone than to be in bad company. English equivalent: Better be alone than in bad company. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 572 2200 0415096243 È meglio un presente che due futuri. Better one now, than two in the future. English equivalent: One today is worth two tomorrows. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto 1875 Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend I https://books.google.se/books?id=S5dYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA381&dq=ein+heut+ist+besser+den+zehn+morgen+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG7_D_qsX3AhXylYsKHS4YBL8Q6AF6BAgMEAM 381 726, Heut È sempre buono avere due corde per un arco. English equivalent: Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if the one fails, the other may hold. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 879 2200 0415096243 Egli e mal sordo che non vuol udire. English equivalent: None so deaf as those who will not hear. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1110 2200 0415096243 Egli fa roba sull' acqua. He makes things over the water. English equivalent: All is fish that comes to the net. "Anything that comes along is accepted and turned to advantage." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC 16 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 5 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 4 107 Esperienza, madre di scienza. English equivalent: Experience is the mother of wisdom. "Experience is what you get when you did not get what you wanted." Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture (2007) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 808 2200 0415096243 F Fa che lo sdegno tuo, pria che tramonti il sole, trovi l’occaso. English equivalent: Do not let sunset find you still nursing your anger. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA201 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 201– 843 Far d'una mosca un elefante. Translation: "Turning a fly into an elephant." English equivalent: Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. Kelly Walter Keating W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) Proverbs of all nations 1859 58 238 Fare il passo più lungo della gamba. English equivalent: Don't have too many irons in the fire. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 977 2200 0415096243 Fate quello che dico e non quel che faccio. English equivalent: Preachers say: do as I say, not as I do. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 706 2200 0415096243 Finché c'è vita c'è speranza. Translation: "Where there's life, there's hope." Soriano 2010 Finchéc'èvita non c'èsperanza. Diario aforistico 2003-2009 Kimerik 102 8860965586 Fortuna i forti aiuta, e i timidi rifiuta. English equivalent: Fortune favors the bold. "Those who act boldly or courageously are most likely to succeed." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA94 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 94 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 38 2200 0415096243 Fra Modesto non fu mai priore. English equivalent: Faint heart never won fair lady. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Italian Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=PPCkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19 2001 978-1-4660-0793-2 19 98 Tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare. Translation: "An ocean lies between what is said and what is done." English equivalent: "Easier said than done." Kinder, Savini 2004 Using Italian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage Cambridge University Press 186 0521485568 Fuggi il piacer presente, che accena dolor futuro. English equivalent: Avoid the pleasure which will bite tomorrow. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 11 176 G Gettar le margherite si porei. English equivalent: Do not throw pearls before swine. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 22 Gli uomini si conoscono al parlare e le campane al sonare. English equivalent: The bird is known by his note, the man by his words. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT39 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 39 222 Gli occhi sono lo specchio dell'anima. English equivalent: The eyes are sometimes a true index of the heart. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT211 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 211 1386 H Goccia a goccia si cava la pietra. English equivalent: Constant dropping wears the stone. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=dJdYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA508&dq=%22Constant+dropping+wears+the+stone%22+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6-JqAzbP2AhWmk4sKHYMeCjwQ6AF6BAgOEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Constant%20dropping%20wears%20the%20stone%22%20sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20germanischen&f=false 267 480, Tropfen Granata nuova scopa bene tre giorni. English equivalent: New brooms sweep clean. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1103 2200 0415096243 Guarda innanzi che tu salti. English equivalent: Look before you leap. "The man who thinks before he acts, is most likely to act with discretion, and have no future cause to repent of his conduct; but he who acts blindly, without any foresight, will probably suffer for his rashness." Trusler John 1790 Proverbs exemplified, and illustrated by pictures from real life http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004859207.0001.000?rgn=main;view=fulltext 115 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1069 2200 0415096243 Guardatevi dai falsi profeti. Translation: "Look out for false prophets." English equivalent: Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 170 504 0415160502 I I buoni nuotatori al fin si affogano. English equivalent: Good swimmers are often drowned. Scielta de'proverbi, e sentenze Italiani: tolti da varie lingue https://books.google.com/books?id=u0JDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA232 1672 232 VI Circla el nuotar, nagiar naue. I fatti contano più delle parole. English equivalent: Actions speak louder than words. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 9–10 13 E I fatti son femmine, e le parole maschi. English equivalent: Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. "It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action." Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (1937) Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 26 176 I fratelli uniti tra loro formano un fascio che pùo resistere agli sforzi più robusti. English equivalent: United we stand, divided we fall; Union is strength. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 79 2200 0415096243 I ladri grandi fanno impiccare i piccolo. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1086 2200 0415096243 I frutti proibiti sono i più dolci. Translation: Forbidden fruit is sweetest. English equivalent: Forbidden fruit is sweet. "Things that you must not have or do are always the most desirable." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA93 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 93 Henry George BOHN A Polyglott of Foreign Proverbs, comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English translations, etc http://books.google.com/books?id=N9xUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA101 9 June 2013 1857 101 I pensieri fanno mettere i peli canuti. Translation: Sorrow makes gray hairs before the time. English equivalent: Fretting cares make grey hairs. Source for proverb: Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 631 2200 0415096243 I primi saranno gli ultimi. English equivalent: The last will be first, and the first last. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1085 2200 0415096243 I topi abbandonano la nave che affonda. English equivalent: Rats desert a sinking ship. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1150 2200 0415096243 Il bugiardo deve avere buona memoria . English equivalent: A liar should have a good memory. "Liars must remember the untruths they have told, to avoid contradicting themselves at some later date." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA167 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 167 Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT736 24 November 2013 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 257 274 Il buon sangue giammai non può mentire. English equivalent: Good blood always shows itself. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 34 107 Il dolce far niente. Translation: The sweet do nothing. Reported as "a well known Italian proverb" in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Il cane abbaia, ma la carovana passa. Translation: The dogs bark but the caravan passes on. Meaning: Let the world say what it will. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 340 0415160502 Il castigo puo differirsi ma si toglie. English equivalent: Punishment is lame but it comes. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 682 2200 0415096243 Il cuor non spaglia. English equivalent: The heart sees farther than the head."Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than with the imagination being awake?" Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations., as translated by Edward MacCurdy Il denaro è fatto per spendere. The hidden things of wisdom and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both? English equivalent: Money is there to be spent. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1013 2200 0415096243 Il denaro non fa la felicità. Translation: Wealth does not bring happiness. English equivalent: Wealth rarely brings happiness. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 670 2200 0415096243 ‘’Il faut prendre le bénéfice avec les charges.’’ English equivalent: Beggars can’t be choosers. "We must accept with gratitude and without complaint what we are given when we do not have the means or opportunity to provide ourselves with something better. Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA19 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 19 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 16 Il frate predicava che non si dovesse rubare e lui aveva l occa nello scapulario. English equivalent: The friar preached against stealing when he had a pudding in his sleeve. von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA59 1875 German 59 99 Il frutto cade non lontano dall'albero. English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree. Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents. Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7 Il male vien a cavallo e se ne va a piedi. English equivalent: "Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.” Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 65 2200 0415096243 Il meglio ricolga il peggio. English equivalent: Bad is the best choice. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 17 Il meglio è nemico del bene. English equivalent: The good is the enemy of the best. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT37 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 37–38 209 Il mondo è ingrato Translation: Ingratitude is the world's reward. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 55 0415160502 Il mondo è fatto a scale, chi Ie scende, e chi le sale. English equivalent: Every dog has his day. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 22 In bocca chiusa non entrò mai mosca. Translation: Into a closed mouth no flies ever entered. English equivalent: A close mouth catches no flies. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 73 2200 0415096243 In cento anni o cento mesi, l'acqua torna a' suoi paesi. Translation: In a hundred years or in a hundred months, the water doesn't come back to it's source. English equivalent: It will all be the same a hundred years hence. "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." Steve Jobs, Address at Stanford University (2005) Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 48 107 In gioventù devi acquistare, quel che in vecchiaia può giovare. English equivalent: Diligent youth makes easy age. Meaning: If you live your youth years diligently, it will save you from regret when you are old. That is, you take care of your health and do things you like that virtually only young people can do. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 701 2200 0415096243 In ogni arte convien aver maestro. English equivalent: Don't ask the old – ask the experienced. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 20 86Non perché grigio il lupo è bastanato, ma perché la pecora ma ha sbranato. English equivalent: The sin is not in the sinning, but in the being found out. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA348 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78971-7 348 Il più forte ha sempre ragione. English equivalent: Accusing is proving, when malice and force sit judges; The wolf finds a reason for taking the lamb Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 68 2200 0415096243 Il piu povero che sia in terra è l'avaro. English equivalent: The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 83 2200 0415096243 Il primo amore non si scorda mai. English equivalent: True love never grows old. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1107 2200 0415096243 Il remedio e peggio del male English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it off the mouse. Hulme F. Edward Reimpresa 2003 Proverb Lore Kessinger Publishing 109 109 0766146529 Il secondo pensiero è il migliore. English equivalent: Second thoughts are the best. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 73 107 Il serpe tra' fiori e l'erba giace. English equivalent: Look before you leap, for snakes among sweet flowers do creep. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=dJdYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA177&dq=Ne%27+fiori+cova+la+serpe.+sprichw%C3%B6rter&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiij5-pqu31AhUoQvEDHWZlAWsQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=Ne'%20fiori%20cova%20la%20serpe.%20sprichw%C3%B6rter&f=false 1875 German ÏI 177-178 315, Schlange Il tuo nemico è quello dell'area tua. Translation: Those are bad dogs who bite their own people. English equivalent: Don't wash your dirty linen in public; It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. Kelly Walter Keating W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) Proverbs of all nations 1859 45 238 In casa di calzolaio non si hanno scarpe. Translation: In the house of the shoemaker there are no shoes. English equivalents: Cobblers' children are worst shod; The shoemaker goes barefoot. The shoemaker's wife and the smith's horse have not shoes. Meaning: "Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 65 527 1-875943-44-7 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 661 2200 0415096243 In terra di ciechi, beato a chi ha un occhio. English equivalent: Among the blind, the one-eyed is king. "People of only limited capability can succeed when surrounded by those who are even less able than themselves." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA143 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 143 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 2 Intendere è potere. English equivalent: Learning is the eye of the mind. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 149 504 0415160502 Ipanni rifanno le stanghe. English equivalent: Fine feathers make fine birds. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 30 L L'amor e la fortuna si cangiano come la luna. English equivalent: The wheel of fortune is forever in motion. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=M8OMsKaoaqEC&pg=PA318&dq=Lukka+vender+seg+ofta+um+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie0oDYg-b0AhViSvEDHXxiDDwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lukka%20vender%20seg%20ofta%20um%20sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20germanischen%20und%20romanischen&f=false 1875 German I 318 611, Glücksrad La barba non fa il filosofo. English equivalent: It is not the beard that makes the philosopher. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29 2001 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-4673-3 29 146 La buona madre non diceː vuoi tu, ma då. English equivalent: The good mother saith not will you? but gives. von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA66 1875 German 66 115, Mutter La fame è il miglior intingolo. English equivalent: Hunger is the best sauce. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228 2001 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-4673-3 228 1513 H La necessità è madre dell'invenzione. English equivalent: Necessity is the mother of invention. von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA107 1875 German 107 194, Noth La pigrizia è la chiave della povertà. English equivalent: Poverty is the reward of idleness. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1146 2200 0415096243 La storia si ripete. English equivalent: History repeats itself. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT213 978-1-4660-4673-3 213–214 1408. English equivalent: History repeats itself. L'arte che tutto fa, nulla si scopre. English equivalent: The best art conceals art. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 2001 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-4673-3 20 81 E L'erba del vicino è sempre più verde. English equivalent: The grass is always greener on the far side of the hill. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT196 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 196 1289 L'invidia è annessa alla felicità. Strauss Emanuel 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1008 1292 II 2200 0415096243 L'invidia non morÌ mai. English equivalent: Envy takes no holiday. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 767 2200 0415096243 L'invidia rode se stessa. English equivalent: Envy is its own torturer. Marin Carl Ordspråk och talesätt på svenska, latin, franska, tyska, italienska och engelska https://books.google.com/books?id=Bd5IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA4-IA1 1867 4 L'onestà è la migliore politica. English equivalent: Honesty is the best policy. Meaning: "Being honest or telling the truth is always the wisest course of action." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA128 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 128 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages X 107 L'uomo si giudica mal alla cerca. English equivalent: Judge not a man and things at first sight. "No good Book', or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first." Thomas Carlyle, Essays, "Novalis" (1829) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 713 2200 0415096243 La galline fanno l'uova dal becco. English equivalent: It's by the head that the cow gives the milk. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1039 2200 0415096243 La gatta frettolosa ha fatto i gattini ciechi. English equivalent: The hasty bitch bringeth forth blind whelps. "Things done in haste tend to produce poor results." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA115 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 115 Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1080 0415096243 La maggior' sventura o ventura dell'uomo è la moglie. English equivalents: Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye; A man's best fortune or his worst is a wife. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 65 2200 0415096243 La lepre mal si prende al suono di tamburo. English equivalent: Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 754 2200 0415096243 La maggior' sventura o ventura dell'uomo è la moglie. English equivalent: A cheerful wife is the spice of life. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 20 504 0415160502 La miglior difesa è l'attacco. Translation: The best defense is attack. English equivalent: The best defence is a good offence. Meaning: "You are more likely to win if you take the initiative and make an attack rather than preparing to defend yourself." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA21 30 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 21 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 518 2200 0415096243 La pigrizia è la chiave della povertà. English equivalent: Poverty is the reward of idleness. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Italian: Equivalent Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=kYaF6Kj_zUsC&pg=PT255 2001 Teodor Flonta 978-1-875943-18-0 255 La roba di mal acquisto se la porta il vento. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 762 2200 0415096243 La più lunga strada è la più prossima a casa. English equivalent: The highway is never about. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 394 0415160502 La storia si ripete. English equivalent: Something that has happened once can happen again. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 977 2200 0415096243 La superbia viene davanti alla rovina. Translation: Pride comes before fall. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1148 0415096243 La varietà piace. English equivalent: Variety is the spice of life. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 89 0415160502 La vita è breve e l'arte è lunga. English equivalent: Life is short, and art long. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 20 84 La volpe in vicinato non fa mai danno English equivalent: A crafty fox never preys near his den. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 25 504 0415160502 Loda il mare e tienti alla terra. English equivalent: Praise the sea, but keep on land. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 661 2200 0415096243 M Mal comune, mezzo gaudio. English equivalent: "Misery loves company." Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 187 0415160502 Mal si mangia le lepre, se prima non si piglia. Literally: The hare is bad eating, if first you don't catch it. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 683 2200 0415096243 Male prevede chi non provvede. English equivalent: God helps those who help themselves. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 732 0415096243 Medico, cura te stesso! English equivalent: Physician, heal yourself! "Find out thy own Mistakes, and Failings, in order to amend them. A Disease known is half cured." Thomas Fuller, Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1142 2200 0415096243 Meglio è tornar indietro, che correr male avanti. Translation: Better to turn back, than to painfully move forward. English equivalent: Better go about than fall into the ditch. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 11 176 Meglio tardi che mai. English equivalent: Better late than never. Meaning: "It is better that somebody arrives or something happens later than expected or desired, than not at all." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA25 30 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 25 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 584 2200 0415096243 Meglio prevedere che provvedere. Translation: It is better to prevent than to cure. English equivalent: An ounce of preventions is better than a pound of cure. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 332 0415160502 Meglio un cattivo accordo che una buona sentenza. Translation: A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit. English equivalent: A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. Elegant Extracts: OR Useful and Entertaining PASSAGES in PROSE.: Book Third & Fourth https://books.google.com/books?id=l1CwS0cVBLoC&pg=PA1025 1794 1025 152 Old Italian Proverbs Meglio un nemico saggio di un amico sciocco. English equivalent: A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT129 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 129 832 Mettere il carro innanzi ai buoi. Translation: To set the cart before the horse. English equivalent: Don't put the cart before the horse. Meaning: "It is important to do things in the right or natural order." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA63 18 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 63 Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 106 176 Molta paglia, poco grano. English equivalent: Great cry and little wool. "Much ado about nothing." Keating Walter Proverbs of All Nations http://books.google.com/books?id=PdxtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA128 1859 W. Kent & Company (late D. Bogue) 128 Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT499 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 173 178 Muove la coda il cane, non per te, ma per il pane. English equivalent: Dogs wag their tails, not so much to you as your bread. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 710 2200 0415096243 N Ne uccide più la gola che la spada. English equivalent: Gluttony kills more than the sword. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 864 2200 0415096243 Neccessità non ha legge. Translation: Necessity knows no law. English equivalent: Necessity has no law.. Meaning: It is acceptable to break rules in times of need. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 60 107 Nel dubbio, astieniti. English equivalent: When in doubt, leave it out. Meaning: "If you are unsure what to do, it is best to do nothing at all." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA123 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 296 Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 54 504 0415160502 Nella felicità ragione; nell'infelicità pazienza. English equivalent: If fortune favours, beware of being exalted; if fortune thunders, beware of being overwhelmed. McGregor Logan W. Collection of Italian Proverbs with a Literal Tr. Into English: For the Use of Those who are Learning Either Language https://books.google.com/books?id=SbQsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18 1830 18 Nemico diviso, mezzo vinto. Translation: Enemy divided, half won. English equivalent: Divide and conquer. Meaning: "The best way to conquer or control a group of people is by encouraging them to fight among themselves rather than allowing them to unite in opposition to the ruling authority." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA57 13 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 57 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT565 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 823 Nessun sente da che parte preme la scarpa, se non chi se la calza. English equivalent: No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 60 107 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 4 107 Nessuno è indispensable. English equivalent: No one is indispensable. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 319 504 0415160502 Niente di nuovo sotto il sole. English equivalent: Nothing new under the sun. Meaning: Absolutely everything has been done before. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1114 2200 0415096243 Night is the mother of thoughts. English equivalent: Take counsel of one's pillow. Note: Specified as an Italian proverb in the source. Kelly Walter Keating W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) Proverbs of all nations 1859 63 238 No se pierde nada por esperar. English equivalent: We shall lose nothing by waiting. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=z-3FyaMKtfUC&pg=PA1218 II 1994 978-0-415-10381-7 1218 1770 Non bisogna fare le cose a metà. English equivalent: If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well. Runge Martin 2 2000 Geriatrische Rehabilitation im Therapeutischen Team Georg Thieme Verlag 282 569 3131023821 Non bisogna puntare tutto sulla stessa carta. English equivalent: "Don't put all your eggs in the same basket." Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 715 2200 0415096243 Non c’è avere che voglia sapere. English equivalent: ”A good mind possess a kingdom.” Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 58 504 0415160502 Non c'è due senza tre. English equivalent: All good things are three. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 80 2200 0415096243 Non dare consigli a chi non li chiede. English equivalent: Give neither salt nor counsel till you are asked for it. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 661 2200 0415096243 Non doe seguir amor chi non ha valore. English equivalent: Faint heart never won fair lady. "It is necessary to be bold and courageous to win the heart of a woman – or to achieve any other cherished objective." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA82 22 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 84 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 30 107 Non fu mai gloria senza invidia. English equivalent: Envy always shooteth at a high mark. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 766 2200 0415096243 Non ha il dolce a caro, chi provato non ha l'amaro. Translation: To taste the sweet, you must taste the bitter. English equivalent: No pain, no gain; Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 33 176 Non ricordar il capestro, in casa dell'impiccato. Translation: In the house of the hanged man, mention not the rope. English equivalent: Name not a rope in his house who hanged himself. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 86 176 Non si dice mai tanto una cosa che non sia qualche cosa English equivalent: "The voice of the people is the voice of god.” Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1164 2200 0415096243 Non si è mai troppo prudenti. English equivalent: Better safe than sorry. Meaning: Things that has happened will happen again. Religious myths for example, which are allegorical, will per definition reoccur. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 881 2200 0415096243 Non si è mai troppo prudenti. Translation: One can never be too careful. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1087 2200 0415096243 Non si puo fare stringhe della propria pelle. English equivalent: Don't burn the candles at both ends. Meaning: Don't wake up early in the morning and stay up late into the evening as well. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1137 2200 0415096243 Non si può cavar sangue dalla rapa. Literal translation: You can't get blood from a turnip. English equivalent: You cannot get blood from a stone. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1040 2200 0415096243 Non si serra mai una porta che non se n'apra un'altra. English equivalent: When one door closes another opens. Meaning: "When baffled in one direction a man of energy will not despair, but will find another way to his object." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Proverbs of All Nations http://books.google.com/books?id=PdxtAAAAMAAJ 1859 W. Kent & Company (late D. Bogue) 67 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 845 2200 0415096243 Non si può aver il miele senza la pecchie. English equivalent: Honey is sweet, but the bees sting. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 837 2200 0415096243 Non si tosto si fa un tempio a Dio come il diavolo ci fabrica una capella appresso. English equivalent: Where god has a church the devil will have his chapel. "Very seldom does any good thing arise but there comes an ugly phantom of a caricature of it." Source for meaning: Kelly Walter Keating W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) Proverbs of all nations 1859 130 238 Source for proverb: Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 874 2200 0415096243 Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco. English equivalent: Not all truths are proper to be told. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1111 2200 0415096243 Non v'ha libro sí cattivo che non abbia qualcosa di buono. English equivalent: No book was so bad, but some good might be got out of it. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1104 2200 0415096243 ‘’Nu mesura pe altii cu palma ta.’’ English equivalent: Do not judge others by your own yardstick. {{cite book | last1 = Mawr | first = E.B. | year = 1885 | title = Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages |url=http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf | page Nutritura passa natura. English equivalent: Nature is beyond all teaching. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 764 2200 0415096243 O Ode, vide, tace, feuboi vivere in pace. Latin equivalent: Hear, see, be silent, if you wish to live (in peace). Bailey Nathan An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, etc https://books.google.com/books?id=uqGiqamg9vMC&pg=PT223 1728 223 Peacable Odi, veti et tace, se voi vivir in pace. English equivalent: Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 160 504 0415160502 Ofele, fa el to meste!. English equivalent: A blind man should not judge of colours. "An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned." M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 141 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 660 2200 0415096243 Oggi a me, dimane a te. English equivalent: To day thee, to morrow me. von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto 1875 Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend I https://books.google.se/books?id=ZIow1sbpIfoC&pg=PA383&dq=Oggi+a+me,+dimane+a+te+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanische&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb_YqO8Mf3AhWUyYsKHYaTBu8Q6AF6BAgEEAM 382-383 729, Heute Ogni cosa ha cagione. Translation: Everything has a reason. English equivalent: Every why has a wherefore. Meaning: "Everything has an underlying reason." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA80 22 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 80 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 765 2200 0415096243 Ogni cuffia è buone por Ie natte. English equivalent: At night all cats are grey. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 10 Ogni cosa si compra a prezzo. Translation: Everything you buy at the price. English equivalent: You don't get anything for nothing. Meaning: "Everything has to be paid for, directly or indirectly, in money or in kind." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA314 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 314 Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 799 0415096243 Ogni paese al valent'uomo è patria. English equivalent: Great minds agree. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 882 2200 0415096243 Ogni regola ha la sua eccezione. Translation: No rules without exceptions. English equivalent: There is no rule without an exception. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1174 2200 0415096243 Ogni verità non è a dire. English equivalent: All truths are not to be told. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 282 2200 0415096243 Ognun si pari le mosche con la sua coda. English equivalent: Every tub must stand on its own bottom. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 777 2200 0415096243 Ognuno ama la giustizia a casa d altri a niun piace a casa sua. All love justice in the houses of others to no one is it pleasing in his own house. English equivalent: Justice pleaseth few in their own house. Logan W. McGregor Collection of Italian Proverbs with a Literal Tr. Into English: For the Use of Those who are Learning Either Language https://books.google.com/books?id=SbQsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA20 1830 20 Onore a chi onore è dovuto. English equivalent: Give credit where credit is due. Teodor Flonta A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT217 2001 DeProverbio.com 978-1-4660-4673-3 217 Oro è che oro vale. English equivalent: Everything is worth its price. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 33 P Pazzo chi perde il volo per lo sbalzo. English equivalent: One must step back to take a good leap. "Information processing keeps going on even when we are not aware of it, even while we are asleep." Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1997) Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 62 Per l'abbondanza del cuor la bocca parla. English equivalent: Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 7– 6 E Per gnente l'orbo no canta. English equivalent: You can't get something for nothing. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 799 0415096243 Perdere il trotto per l'ambiadura. English equivalent: Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 70 Paese che vai, usanze che trovi. English equivalent: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Dahlke 2008 Cibo, peso e psiche. Interpretazione psicosomatica dei disturbi alimentari Tecniche Nuove 15 8848118119 Più grande la compagnia, più ci si diverte. English equivalent: The more the merrier. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1094 2200 0415096243 Poeta si nasce, oratore si diventa. English equivalent: Poets are born, but orators are trained. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 331 504 0415160502 Presto matura, presto marcio. English equivalent: Early ripe, early rotten. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 758 2200 0415096243 Prudenza è madre di sicurezza. English equivalent: Caution is the parent of safety. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT428 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 645 741 R Ride bene chi ride ultimo. English equivalent: He who laughs last, laughs longest. Meaning: "Minor successes or failures along the way are of no significance – the person who is ultimately triumphant is the only real winner." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA123 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 123 Ferdinando Bottarelli Containing the French before the Italian and the English http://books.google.com/books?id=5w8SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA391 1805 F. Wingrave ... [and 9 others] 391 Q Qualche volta anche Omero sonnecchia. English equivalent: Even Homer sometimes nods. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT215 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 215 1420 H Quale il padre tale il figlio. Translation: Such father, such son. English equivalent: Like father, like son. Meaning: Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily. Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Quand'un è per terra, ognun grida: dagli, dagli!. English equivalent: Don't hit a man when he is down. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 730 2200 0415096243 Quando l'amico chiede, non v'è domani. Translation: When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. English equivalent: When thy friend asks, let there be no to-morrow. Ward Caroline National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe https://books.google.com/books?id=nVVjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA151 1842 151 Quando la testa duole tutte le membra languono. Translation: When the head aches all the members languish. English equivalent: When the head is sick, the whole body is sick. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1117 2200 0415096243 Quando tutti dicono ubriaco, va' a dormire (letto). English equivalent: When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1221 2200 0415096243 Quegli dee avere un lungo cucchiaio che vuol mangiar la zuppa col diavolo. English equivalent: He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon. La sapienza del mondo: ovvero, Dizionario universale dei proverbi https://books.google.com/books?id=C5tDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA425 1883 425 Cucchiaio Quel che ciondola non cade. Translation: All that dangles does not fall. English equivalent: All is not lost that is in danger. Meaning: Alltough your undertaking is in peril, it does not necessarily mean you are failing. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 11 176 Quel che ciondola, non cade. English equivalent: Bitter pills may have blessed effects. "Present afflictions may tend to our future good." James Kelly A Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs Explained and Made Intelligible to the English Reader http://books.google.com/books?id=tsBCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43 1818 Rodwell and Martin 43 Caroline Ward National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11 1842 J.W. Parker 11 Quel che pare burla, ben sovente è vero. English equivalent: Many a true words are spoken in jest. "A joke's a very serious thing." Charles Churchill, The Ghost (1763), book iv, line 1386 Kelly Walter Keating 1859 Proverbs of all nations W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) 57 238 S Scusa non richiesta, accusa manifesta. English equivalent: A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Meaning: "People who know they have done wrong reveal their guilt by the things they say or the way they interpret what other people say." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA112 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 112 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT565 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 227 243 Se la montagna non va da Maometto, Maometto viene alla montagna. Translation: If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must come to the mountain. English equivalent: If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. Meaning: "If you cannot get what you want, you must adapt yourself to the circumstances or adopt a different approach." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA135 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 135 Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1006 0415096243 Se piovesse maccheroni, che bel tempo pei ghiottoni. English equivalent: If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. Divers Proverbs with Their Explication & Illustration, Nathan Bailey, 1721 Caroline Ward National Proverbs in the Principal Languages of Europe http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65 1842 J.W. Parker 65 Se un cieco guida l'altro, tutti e due cascano nella fossa. English equivalent: If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 43–44 525 Se vuoi che ti ami, fa che ti brami. English equivalent: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 7 1 E Secondo la misura che farai, misurator ancor sarai. English equivalent: Whatever measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to you. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1219 2200 0415096243 Secondo la paga, il lavoro. Translation: What pay, such work. English equivalent: You get what you pay for. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 494 2200 0415096243 Senza tentazioni, senza onore. Translation: Where there is no temptation there is no glory. English equivalent: Without temptation there is no victory. Meaning: Not being tempted is a sign that fortune has forgotten you. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 156 176 Si conosce quanto vale la salute solo quando non si ha più. English equivalent: Health is not valued till sickness comes. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 209 1373 H Si dice sempre il lupo più grande che non è. Translation: The wolf is made bigger than it is. English equivalent: A story never loses in the telling. Meaning: Lying a little might make the story better. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 7 176 Si mira piu dell'affetto che all'effetto. Translation: The aim is more to the effect of affection. English equivalent: Take the will for the deed. Meaning: Look at the well intended effort, and not its effects. Ward Caroline 1842 National proverbs in the principal languages of Europe J.W. Parker 158 176 Spazzatoio nuovo spazza ben la casa. (Italian) Translation: A new broom sweeps well the house. English equivalent: A new broome sweepeth cleane. Meaning: "We should never use an old tool when the extra labor in consequence costs more than a new one. Thousands wear out their lives and waste their time merely by the use of dull and unsuitable instruments." Alternate meaning: "We often apply it to exchanges among servants, clerks, or any persons employed, whose service, at first, in any new place, is very good, both efficient and faithful; but very soon, when all the new circumstances have lost their novelty, and all their curiosity has ceased, they naturally fall into their former and habitual slackness." Source for meaning: Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA38 1845 Munroe and Company 38 Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 92 12 T Tal madre, tal figlia . Translation: Such mother, such daughter. English equivalent: Like mother, like daughter. Meaning: Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and rarely. Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Tal mano si bacia che si vorrebbe veder tagliata. English equivalent: Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1084 2200 0415096243 Tal sonata, tal ballata. English equivalent: Just as one calls into the forest, so it echoes back. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 139 0415160502 Tra/fra moglie e marito non ci mettere il dito. Translation: Between wife and husband don't put a finger. English equivalent: Don't go between the tree and the bark. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 728 0415096243 Tutto è bene quel che riesce bene. English equivalent: All is well that ends well. "Problems and misfortunes along the way can be forgotten as long as the end is satisfactory." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA14 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 14 Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 7 Tutte le strade conducono a Roma. English equivalent: All roads lead to Rome. Mawr E.B. 1885 Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages http://editura.mttlc.ro/carti/mawr-analogous-proverbs.pdf 10 U Una mela al giorno toglie il medico di torno. English equivalent: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 17 66 E Una mela marcia ne guasta cento. English equivalent: One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 17–18 69 E Un nemico è troppo o cento amici non bastano. English equivalent: Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 718 2200 0415096243 Uno semina, l'altro raccoglie. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1134 2200 0415096243 Uomo avvisato è mezzo salvato. English equivalent: Forewarned, forearmed. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT1042 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 364 401 Uomo lento non ha mai tempo. English equivalent: Idle people have the least leisure. Flonta Teodor A Dictionary of English and Romance Languages Equivalent Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=hOOkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT231 2001 978-1-4660-4673-3 230–231 1533 "I" V Val meglio essere matti in compagnia che savi da soli. English equivalent: Better foolish by all than wise by yourself. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.se/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=Better+be+foolish+with+all+than+wise+by+yourself+european+proverbs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAWoVChMI8qOljOzIxwIVgwgsCh3NsQBE#v=onepage&q=Better%20be%20foolish%20with%20all%20than%20wise%20by%20yourself%20european%20proverbs&f=false 70 Vorrebbe mangiar la foccaccia e trovarla in tasca. English equivalent: You can't have your cake and eat it (too). von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=M8OMsKaoaqEC&pg=PA284&dq=You+cant+have+your+cake+and+eat+your+cake+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1psvxp671AhWhRPEDHbJtBpwQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=You%20cant%20have%20your%20cake%20and%20eat%20your%20cake%20sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20germanischen%20und%20romanischen&f=false 1875 German I 284-285 545, geben See also Bari proverbs Bergamasque proverbs Bolognese proverbs Brescia proverbs Catania proverbs Corsican proverbs Corsican Settentrionale proverbs Emilian proverbs Florentine proverbs Lecce proverbs Ligurian proverbs Logudorese Sardinian proverbs Lombard proverbs Milanese proverbs Neapolitan proverbs Parmigiano proverbs Piedmontese proverbs Reggino proverbs Romagnol proverbs Romanesco proverbs Sardinian proverbs Sicilian proverbs Tristine proverbs ‎ Tuscan proverbs Venetian Proverbs proverbs Category:Proverbs by language