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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: L'amore domina senza regole.
      o in English: Love rules without rules.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Il bacio sta all'amore come il lampo al tuono.
      o in English: The kiss is to love as lightning is to thunder.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Il bacio e la piu alta poesia dell'amore.
      o in English: The kiss is the greatest poem of love.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Il silenzio di un bacio vale piu di mille parole.
      o in English: The silence of a kiss is worth more than 1000 words.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: I frutti proibiti sono i piu dolci.
      o in English: Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Amore e gelosia nacquero insieme.
      o in English. Love and jealousy go hand in hand.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: L'amore e cieco.
      o in English: Love is blind.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Chi ama me, ama il mio cane.
      o in English: (Literally) He who loves me, loves my dog. (Meaning) He who loves me accepts me as I am.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Il primo amore non si scorda mia.
      o in English: You never forget your first love.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Essere in due per essere felici.
      o in English: To be happy one has to be paired up.
     
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