Italian Proverb
Italian Proverb
count life nights
Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.
foolish sheep wolf
It's foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor
learn man sail winds
A man should learn to sail in all winds
advantage finds
Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage
corrupted last poet tongue
The tongue of a poet is always the last to be corrupted
bee gathers honey lifetime sting
All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting
blood common general great
The common soldier's blood makes the general great
ashes dog trusted
The dog that licks ashes is not to be trusted with flour
expected gift given
A gift long expected is sold, not given