2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 29
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Friendships are cheap when they can be brought by doffing the hat.562.
Frightened at bugbears.563.
From a bad paymaster take straw--i.e. any trifle.564.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.565.
From saying to doing is a long way.566.
From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.567.
From snow whether cooked or pounded you will get nothing but water.568.
From still water God keep me; from running water I will keep myself.569.
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.570.
From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself.571.
Get a good name and go to sleep.572.
Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.573.
Gifts are often losses.574.
Give a clown your finger he'll grasp your fist.575.
Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him.576.
Give credit where credit is due.577.
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.578.
Give the priest drink, for the clerk is thirsty.579.
Give the wise man a hint and leave him to act.580.
Give time time.