2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 34
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He has done like the Perugian who, when his head was broken, ran home for his helmet.662.
He has gained enough who gives up a vain hope.663.
He hauls at a long rope who expects another's death.664.
He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.665.
He is a fool who does not know from what quarter the wind blows.666.
He is a fool who loses the flight for the leap.667.
He is a fool who thinks that another does not think.668.
He is a friend when you sneeze -- all he says is "God bless you."669.
He is a good dog who goes to church.670.
He is a sorry barber who has but one comb.671.
He is a very sorry barber who has but one comb.672.
He is happy that knows not himself to be otherwise.673.
He is in no place who is everywhere.674.
He is in search of a ram with five feet.675.
He is like the anchor that is always in the sea, yet does not learn to swim.676.
He is master of another man's life who is indifferent to his own.677.
He is miserable indeed that must lock up his miseries.678.
He is miserable once, who feels it; but twice, who fear it before it comes.679.
He is not a good mason who refuses any stone.680.
He is not a man who cannot say no.