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Molise, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money Matters -- by Region -- Molise
Casacalenda, Molise
o in Italian (dialect): Qui ha bene in questo mondo, a bene pouro lavit' mond'.
o in English: Those who have it good in this world, also have it good in the next one.
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Piemont, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Piedmont
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi casca n' pocerta a perd ij amis e'l parenta.
o in English: Who falls into poverty loses his friends and relatives. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #0733r
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Puglia, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money Matters -- by Region -- Puglia
o in Italian: I soldi sono come il sangue: quando esce non rientra piu.
o in English: Money is like blood -- once it comes out, it doesn't go back in.
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Puglia, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money Matters -- by Region -- Puglia
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi carrescia e chi amm'ndona.
o in English: (Literally) Who works and who collects money. (Meaning) There are those who have to work for a living and then there are those who do nothing but accumulate the money gotten from other people's hard work.
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Puglia, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Puglia
o in Italian: (Dialect) Tre so li putuiend': lu Puapa, lu Rue e chi non tene niend'.
o in English: (Literally) Three are the mighty of the earth: the Pope, the king and he who has nothing. (Meaning -- said sarcastically) The most powerful individuals in the world are: The Pope, the King and the man who has nothing. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #1259177
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Sardinia, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Sardinia
o in Italian (Dialect): Chini tenit dinai tenit amigus.
o in English Who has money has friends. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3c08358r
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Sicily
o in Italian: (Dialect) Tri coi fannu l'omu riccu; guadagnari e nun spenniri, prumettiri e 'n'attenniri, accattari e nun vinniri.
o in English: Three things that make a man rich: earn and not spend, promise and not wait, buy and not sell. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery # 1194742
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Sicily
o in Italian: (Dialect) Lu malu guadagnatu prestu e cunsumatu.
o in English: (Literally) Ill-gotten gains are consumed quickly. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #828402
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money -- by Region -- Sicily
o in Italian: (Dialect) Guadagnu fa guagghiardu.
o in English: (Literally) Gain makes gain. (Meaning) Money makes money. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #488056
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Sicily, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Money Matters -- by Region -- Sicily
o in Italian: (Dialect) Mircanti fallutu e menzu arriccutu.
o in English: (Literally) A rich merchant is a merchant who is half prosperous. (Meaning) Businessmen are never happy with what they have; they always want to make more money. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery # 810672
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