Great Throughts Treasury

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Italian Proverbs

War begun, hell unchained.

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Character | Display | Will |

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Italian Proverbs

When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her.

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People |

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When wine enters modesty departs.

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Ideas | People |

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Italian Proverbs

The right man comes at the right time.

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Government | Looks | Means | Opportunity | Safe | Worry | Government | Think |

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Italian Proverbs

The world wags on with three things: doing, undoing, and pretending.

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Ability | Adventure | Character | Comfort | Convictions | Daring | Ideas | Injustice | Injustice | Love | Man | Men | Qualities | Sound | Suffering | Talking | Time | Universe | Will | Witness | Blessed | Old | Winning |

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Who builds on the mob builds on sand.

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Better | Ethics | People |

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There is never enough where nought is left.

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Better | Change | Motives | Work | Understand |

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When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition.

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Good | People |

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Where god has a church the devil will have his chapel.

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People | Personality |

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Italian Proverbs

There's no going to heaven in a sedan.

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People | Public |

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Italian Proverbs

When one door closes another opens.

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Play | Will |

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Italian Proverbs

When a man has fallen into the mire, the more he flounders the more he fouls himself.

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Dishonesty | Life | Life | Little | People | Reason | Self | Sense | Truth | Words | Think |

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Italian Proverbs

Where there is great love there is great pain.

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Good | People | Right |

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Italian Proverbs

The house completed, possession defeated.

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Will | Woman |

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The more one knows, the less one believes.

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Heart | Love | Will | Think |

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Italian Proverbs

There is a cause for all things.

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Intelligence | People |

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Italian Proverbs

There's no getting to heaven in a coach.

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Censor | Fear | People | Think |

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Italian Proverbs

The mother of idiots is always pregnant.

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Fear |

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The tree is not felled at one blow.

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Attention | Will |

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Italian Proverbs

Today me, tomorrow thee.

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Individual | People | Power |

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