More Italian Proverbs

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.... >>

Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are... >>

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get... >>

When the sun is highest it casts the least shadow.... >>

Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the grou... >>

Other Proverbs

A noble prince or king never has a coin to bless himself.... (French) >>

A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.... (Spanish) >>

He who greases his cart-wheels helps his oxen.... (Spanish) >>

He who lives a long life must pass through much evil.... (Spanish) >>

He who was first an acolyte, and afterwards an abbot or cura... (Spanish) >>

The pope and a peasant know more between them than the pope alone.

- Italian Proverb