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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: La forza e dei giovani, la prudenza degli anziani.
      o in English: Youth has strength, the old, prudence.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Molto piu fanno gli anni che i libri.
      o in English: One gets more from years [of experience] than books.
     
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging
      In Italian: A tavola non si invecchia.
      In English: At the table with good friends and family you do not become old.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Fatti i cazzi tuo, ca campi cent' anni.
      o in English: Mind your own business, and you'll live 100 years.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: La bellezza e come un fiore -- presto nasce e presto muore.
      o in English: Beauty is like a flower -- nearly as soon as it's born, it dies.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: L'uomo cinquantina lascia il sesso e prende il vino.
      o in English: A man in his fifties loses his sex drive and takes to wine.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Chi ride in gioventu, piange in vecchiaia.
      o in English: (Literally) He who laughs while he is young, cries when he is old. (Meaning) If you don't work hard and save your money when you're young, you'll die in the poor house.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Amici e vini sono meglio vecchie.
      o in English: Friends and wine are best aged.
     
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: La gallina vecchia fa buon brodo.
      o in English: (Literally) The old hen makes a good broth. (Equivalent) There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. (Meaning) Older women are valuable to have around. (Vulgar meaning) Older women are good in bed.
     
     
     
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Esperienza e il nome che ciasuna da ai properi errori.
      o in English: Experience is the name that everyone gives to their errors.
     
     
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