Italian Proverbs

He who begins many things finishes but few.

He who does not when he can, cannot when he will.

Who moves, picks up, who stands still, dries up.

Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes, fools by their own.

Anger can be an expensive luxury.

Better give a penny then lend twenty.

Give time time.

Necessity becomes will.

The habit doesn’t make a monk.

One who sleeps doesn’t catch fish.

Silence was never written down.

The liar needs a good memory.

Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep.

A forced kindness deserves no thanks.

He who starts well is half way done.

Better an egg today than a chicken tomorrow

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

Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Silence gives consent.

People in glass houses should not throw stones.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

He who does nothing, does not fail.

Barking dogs don’t bite.

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

There is no appeal from time past.

There are not two without three.

He who finds a friend, finds a treasure.

To each his own.

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

Time is money.

Trouble rides a fast horse.

A favour to come is better than a hundred received.

Every rule has an exception

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