2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 22
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Don't play with the bear if you don't want to be bit.422.
Don't put too tight a ring on your finger.423.
Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid.424.
Don't reject the good together with the bad.425.
Don't sell the bearskin before you have caught the bear.426.
Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick.427.
Drink water like an ox, wine like the king of Spain.428.
Drink wine and let water go to the mill.429.
Drop by drop wears away the stone.430.
Drop the jest when it is most amusing.431.
Eat and drink with your relatives, but do business with strangers.432.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.433.
Eating and drinking Shouldn't keep us from thinking.434.
Eating teaches drinking.435.
Eggs have no business dancing with stones.436.
Empty vessels make most noise.437.
Enough is enough, and too much spoils.438.
Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off.439.
Error is no payment.440.
Even a fly has its anger.