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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Tutto e permesso inguerra ed in amore.
      o in English: All is fair in love and war.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Donne e motori, gioie e dolori.
      o in English: Women and motors, joy and pain.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Alle donne piacciono gli uomini silenziosi. Credono che ascoltino.
      o in English: Women like silent men. They believe they are listening.
     
      Contributed by Frank Romano
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Donna adorna, tardi esce e tardi torna.
      o in English: A dolled-up woman, leaves late and comes home late.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: L'Ammore nun s'accate e nun se venne.
      o in English: You can't buy or sell love.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Guardati dalla volpe, dal lupo, e dal tasso e dalle donne col culo basso.
      o in English: Watch out for the wolf, the fox, [interest] rates, and women with low rear-ends.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Lantano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore.
      o in English: (Literally) Far from one's eyes, far from one's heart. (Equivalent) Out of sight, out of mind.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: Non v'e giardino senza un fiore, non v'e donna senza amore.
      o in English: One doesn't go to a garden that has no flowers, one doesn't go to a woman without love.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: All'orso paion belli suoi orsacchiotti.
      o in English: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
     
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Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Proverb or Saying on Love (Women) -- Italy (National)
     
      o in Italian: La donna non e capace di amicizia, conosce solo'amore.
      o in English: A woman is not capable of friendship, she knows only how to love.
     
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