2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 9
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A solitary man is either a beast or an angel.162.
A solitary man is either a brute or an angel.163.
A starved town is soon forced to surrender.164.
A stick is soon found to beat a dog.165.
A stout heart overcomes ill fortune.166.
A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby daughter.167.
A thing done has a head.168.
A thing is never much talked of but there is some truth in it.169.
A thorn has a small point, but the person who feels it does not forget its sting.170.
A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.171.
A threatened buffet is never well given.172.
A traveler may lie with authority.173.
A tree often transplanted is never loaded with fruit.174.
A true friend, is one that will take a bullet for you in the war.175.
A vagabond monk never spoke well of his convent.176.
A voluntary burthen is no burthen.177.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.178.
A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.179.
A white wall is the fool's paper.180.
A wicked man's gift has a touch of his master.