Sayings of Italian Origin
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
Italian Proverb – [Thoughts and Thinking]


A little man often cast a long shadow.
Italian Proverb – [Appearance]


After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb – [Competition]


After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.
Italian Proverb – [Solutions]


At a round table there is no dispute about place.
Italian Proverb – [Status]


Bed is the poor man's opera.
Italian Proverb – [Bed]


Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Italian Proverb – [Action]


Beware of one who has nothing to lose.
Italian Proverb – [Caution]


Big mouthfuls often choke.
Italian Proverb – [Greed]


Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
Italian Proverb – [Ambition]


He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.
Italian Proverb – [Hope]


He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
Italian Proverb – [Flattery]


He that jokes confesses.
Italian Proverb – [Confession]


He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.
Italian Proverb – [Health]


He who is not impatient is not in love.
Italian Proverb – [Love]


He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.
Italian Proverb – [Speakers and Speaking]


He who knows little quickly tells it.
Italian Proverb – [Knowledge]


Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.
Italian Proverb – [Hope]


Hunger is the best sauce.
Italian Proverb – [Hunger]


If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
Italian Proverb – [Experience]

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