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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Chi dice Siena, dice Palio.
o in English: (Literally) He who mentions Siena mentions the Palio (That city's famous horse-race)*
*Note: Said of something that one cannot mention without calling some other thing to mind.*
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Se non e vero, e ben trovato.
o in English: If it's not true, it's a good story.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Tanto va la gatta al lardo chi ci lascia lo zampino.
o in English: (Literally) So often goes the cat to the fat that she loses her paw. (Equivalent) Curiosity killed the cat.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Fatto trenta, facciamo trentuno.
o in English: Made thirty, let's make thirty-one. [Note: said by Pope Leo X when he created 30 new cardinals. Another priest, who seemed to him also worthy, was nominated during the ceremony.]*
*Note from Wikipedia
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Fuggi da Foggia no per Foggia ma per i Foggiani.
o in English: Run away from Fogga, not for Foggia itself, but for the people of Foggia.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: In culo allo balena (Sometimes added to In bocca al lupo). Response to which is: In groppa riccio!
o in English: (Literally) "Into to the ass of a whale.
(Equivalent) Break a leg (or Good Luck!).
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Tutte le strade portano a Roma.
o in English: All roads lead to Rome.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Vai in piazza e chiedi consiglio; vai a casa e fai come ti pare.
o in English: (Literally) Go to the square and ask advice; go home and do what you like. (Equivalent): You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Vedi Napoli, e poi muori per la puzza chi ci trovi!
o in English: See Naples and then die for the smell you find there!
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Per un punto, Martin perse la cappa!
o in English: (Literally) Because of a period, Martin lost his post. (Equivalent) Details can make or break you. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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