2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 43
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow.842.
He who likes drinking is always talking of wine.843.
He who lives among wolves learns to howl.844.
He who lives by hope will die by hunger.845.
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.846.
He who looks on has two-thirds of the game.847.
He who loses is always in fault.848.
He who makes an idol of his interest makes a martyr of his integrity.849.
He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.850.
He who makes himself a servant is expected to remain a servant.851.
He who meddles in others people's affairs will be left with two of three parts.852.
He who mentions Siena mentions the Palio.853.
He who never begins will never end.854.
He who pays well is master of another man's purse.855.
He who perseveres wins at last.856.
He who praises himself befouls himself.857.
He who risks nothing can gain nothing.858.
He who says nothing never lies.859.
He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.860.
He who scrubs the head of an ass wastes his soap.