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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Il mondo e bello perche e vario.
o in English: (Literally) The world is beautiful because there is a lot of variety. (Equivalent) Variety is the spice of life.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Chi di pioppo chi di noce, ognun porta la sua croce.
o in English: (Literally) Whether the cross is made of poplar or walnut, everyone has to carry his own. (Meaning): Everyone has a different set of worries, but everyone has to deal with them on his own.
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Italy | | Date: n.d. | Notes: Folk Saying on Migration
Folk Sayings on Migration
o in Italian: Quando gl'Italiani sono arrivoto in America, hanno imparato tre cose -- que ie strade non erano sfaldato in oro; que le strade non erano sfaldato per niente; e que loro dovevano sfaldre questo strade.
o in English: When the Italians got to America, they learned three things -- that the streets were not paved with gold; that the streets were not paved at all, and that they were expected to pave them.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Tra il dire e il fare c'e di mezzo il mare.
o in English: (Literally) An ocean lies between what is said and what is done. (Equivalent) Easier said than done.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Ambasciator non porta pena.
o in English (Literally) The ambassador-at-large does not bring pain. (Equivalent) Don't shoot the messenger.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Cane di gambe corte, abbaia sempre forte.
o in English: (Literally) Dogs with short legs, bark always. (Meaning) To get noticed, people with little to say, talk the most.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fortune and Fate -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Non fare il male ch'e peccato; non fare il bene ch'e sprecato.
o in English: Don't do evil because it's a sin; don't do good because it's wasted.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Dimmi chi sono, no chi era.
o in English: Tell me who I am, not who I was.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: L'unico modo per non far conoscere agli altri i propri limiti, e di non oltrepassarli mai.
o in English: The only way not to let others know your limits, is never to go beyond them.
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Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian: Che sera, sara.
o in English: What will be, will be.
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