2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 89
1761.
To every saint his torch.1762.
To expect what never comes, to lie in bed and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced, are three things to die of.1763.
To fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.1764.
To go safely through the world you must have the eye of a falcon, the ear of an ass, the face of an ape, the mouth of a pig, the shoulders of a camel, and the legs of a deer.1765.
To have "Heard say" is half a lie.1766.
To have eye one on the cat and another on the frying-pan.1767.
To have luck needs little wit.1768.
To him that watches, everything is revealed.1769.
To him who can take what thou hast, give what he asks.1770.
To him who gives you a pig you may well give a rasher.1771.
To him who is determined it remains only to act.1772.
To him who watches, everything reveals itself.1773.
To know everything is to know nothing.1774.
To make the cart go you must grease the wheels.1775.
To preserve friendship, one must build walls.1776.
To promise and give nothing is comfort for a fool.1777.
To protest and knock one's head against the wall is what everybody can do.1778.
To the fallen tree, hatchets. hatchets.1779.
To the person who watches, everything reveals itself.1780.
To the person with little shame, the whole world is his.