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Folk Sayings on Love
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) L'ammore e comme a na nucella -- si nun a rumpe non t'a puo magna.
      o in English: Love is like a hazelnut -- if you don't break it, it can't be eaten.
     
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) Ammore, tosse e rogna nun se ponno nasconnere.
      o in English: Love, coughs and scabies cannot be hidden.
     
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) Quanno a femmena vo fila, l'abbasta 'nu spruoccol'.
      o in English: (Literally) When a woman wants to spin, she can do it even without a reel. (Meaning) A woman will do whatever it takes to get what she wants.
     
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) Femmene e pizze so' bone massizze.
      o in English: Women and pizza are good when they're thick.
     
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) Femmena che chiagne, cavallo che suda, omo che giura nun esse mai sicuro.
      o in English: Women who cry, horses that sweat, men who swear, one can never be sure of them.
     
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Campania, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love (Women) -- by Region -- Campania
     
      o in Italian: (Dialect) Nun c'e femmena senaza amaore, nun c'e viecchio senza dulore.
      o in English: One isn't a woman without (experiencing) love, one isn't an old person without (experiencing) pain.
     
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Emilia Romagna, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
     
      o in Italian (Dialect): Amour e gelosi, i nasenn insamm.
      o in English translation: (Literally) Love and jealousy, are born together. (Meaning) Anyone who is in love will inevitably be jealous.
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Emilia Romagna, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
     
      o in Italian (Dialect): Con l'amour ai e l'amer
      o in English translation: With love, you get bitterness.
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Emilia Romagna, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
     
     
      o in Italian (Dialect): Maz in fiour, in cor l'amour.
      o in English translation: May, full of flowers; the heart, full of love.
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Emilia Romagna, Italy
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Love -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
     
      o in Italian (Dialect): Chi sofer par amour, an sent dulour.
      o in English translation: Who suffers for love does not feel pain.
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