More Italian Proverbs

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... >>

When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her.... >>

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

A favour to come is better than a hundred received.... >>

He who puts up with insult invites injury... >>

Other Proverbs

When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor fri... (Spanish) >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... (French) >>

The bagpipe never utters a work till its belly is full.... (French) >>

A blind hen can sometimes find her corn.... (French) >>

Gray and green make the worst medley.... (French) >>

Land was never lost for want of an heir.

- Italian Proverb