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Italian Proverbs: Proverbi Italiani
Italian sayings, proverbs, adages, mottos, epigrams, and aphorisms

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Bacco, tabacco e Venere riducono l'uomo in cenere.
English translation: Wine, women, and tobacco reduces one to ashes.

Batti il ferro quando è caldo.
English translation: Strike when the iron is hot.

Belle parole non pascono i gatti.
English translation: Fine words don't feed cats.

Botte buona fa buon vino.
English translation: A good cask makes good wine.

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