16 Italian Proverbs about Lent
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A dog that bites silently.2.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.3.
He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.4.
He that would be ill served should keep plenty of servants.5.
He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.6.
It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.7.
Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.8.
Plenty makes daintiness.9.
Plenty of words when the cause is lost.10.
When gold speaks every tongue is silent.11.
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.12.
When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate.13.
Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter.14.
Where gold speaks every tongue is silent.15.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.16.
Nothing that is violent is permanent.16 Proverbs
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