2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 100
1981.
Who paints me before blackens me behind.1982.
Who pays a debt creates capital.1983.
Who pays beforehand is served behindhand.1984.
Who saves, saves for the cat.1985.
Who says A must say B.1986.
Who seeks a quarrel will find it near at hand.1987.
Who serves the public, serves no one.1988.
Who serves well and says nothing makes claim enough.1989.
Who sows ill reaps ill.1990.
Who sows thorns should not go barefoot.1991.
Who suffers from love, feels no pain.1992.
Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present.1993.
Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.1994.
Who throws a stone at the sky, it falls back on his head.1995.
Who troubles others has no rest himself.1996.
Who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.1997.
Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter.1998.
Who would have many friends let him test but few.1999.
Who would make money must begin by spending it.2000.
Who would not have feet set on his neck, let him not stoop.