Great Throughts Treasury

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Italian Proverbs

The devil will tempt Lucifer.

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Money is an epitome of human power.

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The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.

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Books | Character | Effort | Hope | Judgment | Will | Work | Realism |

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Italian Proverbs

No one ever became poor through giving alms.

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Art | Design | Sense | Technology | Thinking | Will | Art |

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Smooth words make smooth ways.

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Starting properly ensures the speedy completion of a process. A beginning is often blocked by one or more obstacles (potential barriers) the removal of which may ensure the smooth course of the process.

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Office | People | Question | Will |

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One today is worth two tomorrows.

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Society | Success | Society |

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That that comes of a cat will catch mice.

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Day | Faith | Reality | Reason | Will | World |

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No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.

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Efficiency | Knowledge | Money | World |

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Italian Proverbs

The comforter's head never aches.

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One is never too old to yearn.

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Hate | Love | Philosophy | Reform | Will |

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Italian Proverbs

So good that he is good for nothing.

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

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Italian Proverbs

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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Italian Proverbs

The thief's wife does not always laugh.

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

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Italian Proverbs

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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Italian Proverbs

The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks.

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There is no beard so well shaven but another barber will find something more to shave from it.

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Better | Opinion | Question | World |

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Italian Proverbs

To every saint his torch.

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Effort | Good | Hope | Important | Question |

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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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