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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good & Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Non ti vantar mai -- di cose che non sai.
      o in English: Do not boast about things you know nothing about.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Buoni avvocati sono cattivi vicini.
      o in English: A good lawyer makes for a bad neighbor.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Traduttore, traditore.
      o in English: Translator, traitor.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Cuanti strozo que vile in un piato de merde.
      o in English: (Literally): How many turds does one see in a plate of shit? (Meaning): It's the same [bad] no matter what!
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: L'ozio e padrone dei vizi.
      o in English: Laziness is the landlord of vices.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Un tessuto di guai, non si logoro mai.
      o in English: (Literally) Weaving of troubles, is never worn out. (Equivalent) There are no end to troubles.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Il bugiardo vuole buona memoria.
      o in English: The liar needs a good memory.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Chi tace acconsente.
      o in English: Silence gives consent.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Dai miglori amici spesso arrivano le peggiore sassata.
      o in English: Very often from your closest friends you receive the worst stoning.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Good and Evil -- Vice -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: La lingua non ha osso ma rompe l'osso.
      o in English: The tongue has no bone but it breaks bone.
     
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