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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate & Fortune -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi tutto vuole nulla stringe e di rabbia muore.
o in English: Who wants everything gets nothing and then dies of rage. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #PS_CPS_123
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Femmene cu la sacca e l'omo cu lu sacco nun po arriva.
o in English: (Literally) Women who carry sacks and men who carry sacs can't arrive. (Meaning) Those who have a lot of heavy baggage can't move ahead.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi nasce tunno nun more quadro.
o in English: Who is born round, does not die square.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian (Dialect): "Mannaggia 'a pressa", dicette 'a maruzza.
o in English: (Literally) "Damn this haste!" says the snail. (Equivalent) Stop and smell the roses.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chello ca 'e scritto 'ncielo, 'nterra manca nun po'.
o in English: What is written in the heavens, cannot but happen on earth.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chisto 'e 'o munno: chi naviga e chi va 'nfunno.
o in English: This is the world -- some sail and some sink.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italy (Dialect): 'O cicuccio che se crede cervo, quando va pe'zump 'o fuosso se ne addona.
o in English (Literally): The donkey who believes himself to be a deer, when he tries to jump over a ditch, realizes he cannot do it. (Meaning) You are what you are, pretending otherwise leads you nowhere.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian (Dialect): Quanne piscia 'a gallina!
o in English: (Literally) When the chicken pees. (Equivalent) That will never happen. Or, I'll never do that!
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian (Dialect): Il' Accademia 'e ll'ova toste.
o in English (Literally) School is a hard-boiled egg. (Meaning) This discussion is going nowhere. Or, The point is moot.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune -- Italy (National)
o in Italian (Dialect): O' chiu' bello d' 'a vita e' 'o durmi.
o in English: The best thing about life is sleeping.
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