Italian proverbs

If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.

He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.

He that marries a widow with four children marries four thieves.

He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself.

He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.

A great man will not trample on a worm, nor sneak to an emperor.

He that shows his passion, tells his enemy where he may hit him.

A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone.

Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.

A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints.

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