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Tuscany, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Tuscany
o in Italian: (Dialect) Quando la fame t'e arrivata al gozzo, abbandoni l'amore e torni al tozzo
o in English: When you're hungry, all thoughts of love are abandoned, and one has to eat. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #1585608
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Tuscany, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Tuscany
o in Italian: Ama chi t'ama e chi non t'ama lascia.
o in English: Love who loves you, and who doesn't love you, leave him (or her). | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Tuscany, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Tuscany
o in Italian: Le donne dicono sempre il vero, ma non lo dicono tutto intero.
o in English: Women always speak the truth, but not the whole truth. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #824906
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Sayings or Proverbs on Love-- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) E femene xe come e sardee, buta via ea testa tuto el resto ex bon.
o in English: (Literally) Women are like sardines -- throw out the heads, all the rest is good. (Meaning) A woman has a nice enough body to have sex with, but as she has no brains to speak of, she cannot have a head for business or for anything else for that matter. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #479550
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: Un baso no fa buso.
o in English: A kiss makes no asshole.
| Contributed by: Image Courtesy of The Library of Congress # 3g10314r
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Saying or Proverb on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) L'omo se sempre belo.
o in English: A man is always beautiful. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3c01728r
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Saying or Proverb on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) Ch che zerca cavalo e femena senza difeto, no 'l gavara mai cavalo in stala e femena in leto.
o in English: He who looks for a horse or a woman without faults, has never had a horse in his barn or a woman in his bed. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #827929
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: Baso de forza non vale na scorza.
o in English: A kiss for power is not worth a thing. Or, a forced kiss is not worth a thing. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b42185r
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian:(Dialect) La galina vecia vole un galeto zovane.
o in English: An old hen wants a young cock. (Meaning) Older women prefer younger men as partners. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #1837r
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Saying or Proverb on Love -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) Xe pi le done che varda i omani che le stele che varda la tera.
o in English: There are more women who look at men than there are stars that look at the earth. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #818510
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