2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 17
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Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep.322.
Better one true friend than a hundred relatives.323.
Better slip with the foot than with the tongue.324.
Better to ask than go astray.325.
Better to ask than to go astray.326.
Better to fall from the window than the roof.327.
Better to live well than long.328.
Better to lose the wool than the sheep.329.
Better to ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.330.
Better untaught than ill taught.331.
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.332.
Between the hand and the mouth the soup is spilt.333.
Between two cowards, he has the advantage who first detects the other.334.
Between two cowards, the first to detect the other has the advantage.335.
Beware of "Had I but known."336.
Beware of a poor alchemist.337.
Beware of him who has nothing to lose.338.
Beware of one who has nothing to lose.339.
Beware of the person with nothing to lose.340.
Beware of the vinegar of sweet wine.