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    Some wise sayings drawn from Italian folk tradition.

    To dress the salad well you need a niggard to pour the vinegar, a fair man for the salt and an odd one for the oil.

    A ben condire l'insalata ci vuole un avaro per l'aceto, un giusto per il sale e uno strambo per l'olio.


    Good advice is priceless.

    A buon consiglio non si trova prezzo.


    A word to the wise is enough.

    A buon intenditor poche parole.


    A party is always going on at the lazy-bones’house.

    A casa dei poltroni è sempre festa.


    Don’t go to the musicians’s home to play your serenade.

    A casa dei suonatori non andar per serenate.


    All jokes are allowed at Carnival.

    A carnevale ogni scherzo vale.


    If you’re honest, God will fix the rest.

    Se sei onesto Dio farà il resto.


    2005 - Federica Caporali - FPA
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