2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 80
1581.
The more you stroke the cat's back the more set sets up her tail.1582.
The mortar always smells of garlic.1583.
The most prudent yields to the strongest.1584.
The moth does most mischief to the finest garment.1585.
The mother of idiots is always pregnant.1586.
The mountains are in labour, and bring forth a mouse.1587.
The mouse does not leave the cat's house with a bellyful.1588.
The myrtle is always a myrtle, though it be among nettles.1589.
The ox saying 'horned' to the donkey.1590.
The pan says to the pot: Keep off, or you'll smutch me.1591.
The pan says to the pot: Keep off, or you'll smutch me.1592.
The people's voice, God's voice.1593.
The person who doubts nothing, knows nothing.1594.
The person who enjoys good health is rich, even if he doesn't know it.1595.
The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.1596.
The person who lives by hope will die by despair.1597.
The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp.1598.
The person who offends writes as if it was written on sand, and the person who is offended reads it as if it were written on marble.1599.
The pitcher that goes often to the fountain leaves there either its handle or its spout.1600.
The point of the thorn is small, but hw who has felt it does not forget it.