Drink water like an ox, wine like the king of Spain.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Kings
When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Punishment
Never point out the mistakes of another with a dirty finger.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Mistakes
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Thought, Thoughts, Thinking
The person who lives by hope will die by despair.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Despair
Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Wealth
One may have good eyes and see nothing.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Adversity, Miscellaneous
Marriages are not as they are made, but as they turn out.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Marriage
The dying cannot leave their wisdom or experience to their heirs.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Experience
Beware of one who has nothing to lose.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Caution
To be lucky you need a little wit.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Luck
Moderate profits fill the purse.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Profit, Moderation
Our last garment is made without pockets.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Death, Dying
The healthy die first.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Health
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Action, Humankind
Silence was never written down.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Silence
Money begets money.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Money
The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Attitude
He who is not impatient is not in love.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Patience, Love
The best advice one can give to the hungry is bread.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Advice
Big mouthfuls often choke.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Greed
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Ambition
Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Smile, Proverbs
A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Appetite
Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Hope
A hundred-year-old revenge still has its baby teeth.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Revenge
Conscience is as good as a thousand witnesses.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Conscience
Old wine and friends improve with age.
—Italian Proverb
Topics: Age, Alcohol, Alcoholism