Italian sayings, proverbs, adages, mottos, epigrams, and aphorisms
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Ne ammazza più la gola che la spada.
Né di Venere né di Marte non si sposa né si parte!
Nessuna nuova, buona nuova.
Non c'è fumo senza arrosto.
Non c'è rosa senza spine.
Non destare il can che dorme.
Non dire quattro se non l'hai nei sacco.
Non è tutto oro quello che luce.
Non fare il male ch'è peccato; non fare il bene ch'è sprecato.
Non giudicare un libro dalla relativa copertura.
Non si puo avere la botte piena è la moglie ubriaca.
Non si vive di solo pane.
Non tutti quelli che hanno lettere sono savi.
Non tutto il male vien per nuocere.
Nulla è nuovo sotto il sole.
Introduction to Italian Proverbs
English translation: Gluttony kills more than the sword.
English translation: Neither marry nor travel on either Tuesday or Friday!
English translation: No news is good news.
English translation: Where there's smoke, there's fire.
English translation: Every rose has its thorn.
English translation: Let sleeping dogs lie.
English translation: Don't say four if you don't have them in the sack.
Idiomatic meaning: Don't count your chickens until they hatch.
English translation: All that glitters is not gold.
English translation: Don't do evil because it's a sin; don't do good because it's wasted.
English translation: Don't judge a book by its cover.
English translation: You can't have your cake and eat it too.
English translation: One does not live by bread alone.
English translation: Not all those who are learned are wise.
English translation: Every cloud has a silver lining.
English translation: There is nothing new under the sun.
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