Italian sayings, proverbs, adages, mottos, epigrams, and aphorisms
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Il bugiardo vuole buona memoria.
Il meglio è nemico del bel bene.
Il mondo è bello perchè è vario.
Il primo amore non si scorda mai.
Il riso abbonda in bocca degli sciocchi.
Il riso fa buon sangue.
Il silencio è d'oro e la parola è d'argento.
Il tempo è denaro.
Il tempo guarisce tutti i mali.
Il tempo viene per chi sa aspettare.
In bocca al lupo.
In un mondo di ciechi un orbo è re.
Introduction to Italian Proverbs
English translation: The liar needs a good memory.
English translation: The perfect is the enemy of the good.
English translation: Viva la différence!
English translation: You never forget your first love.
English translation: Laughter is abundant in the mouth of fools.
English translation: Laughter is the best medicine.
English translation: Speech is silver, silence is golden.
English translation: Time is money.
English translation: Time heals all wounds.
English translation: All things come to those who wait.
English translation: Into the mouth of a wolf.
Idiomatic meaning: Break a leg!
English translation: In a world of blind people, a one-eyed man is king.
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