Great Throughts Treasury

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Italian Proverbs

One eye of the master sees more than four eyes of his servants.

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Nothing | People |

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So good that he is good for nothing.

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Effort | Good | Internet | People | Power | Promise | Time |

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That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

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Dawn | Evolution | History | Individual | Life | Life | Sense | Survival | Truth |

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The devil is bad because he is old.

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Ability | Age | Art | Control | Culture | Humor | Memory | Need | Time | Work | World | Art |

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The fruit of a good tree is also good.

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Need | People | Understand |

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The liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

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The light is painful to sore eyes.

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God | Religion | Respect | Will | Respect | God |

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The thief's wife does not always laugh.

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Energy | Family | Little | Need | People | Regulation | Old |

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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Through being too knowing the fox lost his tail.

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Government | Guilt | People | Public | Truth | Warning | Government |

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Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Two women and a goose make a market.

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Doubt | Irony | Life | Life | Means | Need | Plenty | Self | Superiority | Understanding | Work | World | Afraid |

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When a wife sins the husband is never innocent.

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Education | Ideas | Justify | Knowledge | Learning | Literature | Need | People | Question | Study | Virtue | Virtue | Will | Value |

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The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks.

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Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh.

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Hope | People | Understanding |

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Italian Proverbs

Who excuses himself accuses himself.

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People | Philosophy |

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Tis good feasting in other men's houses.

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Trust not the praise of a friend nor the contempt of an enemy.

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Good | People |

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When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her.

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