Italian Proverb
» Action » “Between 1300 and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
» Adversity » “Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.”
» Alcohol and Alcoholism » “Old wine and friends improve with age.”
» Ambition » “Hasty climbers have sudden falls.”
» Appearance » “A little man often cast a long shadow.”
» Bed » “Bed is the poor man’s opera.”
» Books and Reading » “There is no robber worse than a bad book.”
» Caution » “Beware of one who has nothing to lose.”
» Cities and City Life » “Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast.”
» Communication » “Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad.”
» Competition » “After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.”
» Confession » “He that jokes confesses.”
» Danger » “When the danger is past God is cheated.”
» Death and Dying » “Our last garment is made without pockets.”
» Despair » “The person who lives by hope will die by despair.”
» Determination » “To him who is determined it remains only to act.”
» Devil » “Speak of the Devil and he appears.”
» Experience » “If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.”
» Flattery » “He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.”
» Focus » “Often he who does too much does too little.”
» Fools and Foolishness » “The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.”
» Greed » “Big mouthfuls often choke.”
» Health » “He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.”
» Health » “The healthy die first.”
» Hope » “Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.”
» Hope » “He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.”
» Hunger » “Hunger is the best sauce.”
» Influence » “The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp.”
» Knowledge » “He who knows little quickly tells it.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “Never do that by proxy which you can do yourself.”
» Leaders and Leadership » “The right man comes at the right time.”
» Love » “He who is not impatient is not in love.”
» Luck » “Substance is not enough, accident is also required.”
» Market » “The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.”
» Men and Women » “If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent.”
» Misfortunes » “Misfortune does not always result in harm.”
» Moderation » “Moderate profits fill the purse.”
» Money » “Where gold speaks every tongue is silent.”
» Money » “Money begets money.”
» Pity » “If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.”
» Power » “Voice of one, voice of none.”
» Praise » “The best way to get praise is to die.”
» Punishment » “When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.”
» Reason » “Reason lies between the bridle and the spur.”
» Relatives » “The rich never have to seek out their relatives.”
» Sin » “The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.”
» Solutions » “After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.”
» Status » “At a round table there is no dispute about place.”
» Strategies » “The best armor is to keep out of range.”
» Thoughts and Thinking » “A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.”
» Wealth » “Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take.”
» Welfare » “Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it.”
