Italian Proverb
Italian Proverb
owned sins
Years and sins are always more than owned
conquered rome wealth
Wealth conquered Rome after Rome had conquered the world
alone peasant pope
The pope and a peasant know more between them than the pope alone
knows might saved ship
When the ship has sunk everyone knows how she might have been saved
impatient love
He who is not impatient is not in love
hanged months rich six
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months
sheets shoes wear
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets
consuming itself lights others teacher
The teacher is like the candle, which lights others in consuming itself
enjoys good health knows though
He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not
expects rope
He hauls at a long rope who expects another's death.
carry house water
When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own