Old sins have long shadows.

More Italian Proverbs

• He who does evil, is never short of an excuse.
• Give them a finger and they’ll take an arm.
• Help yourself so that God will help you.
• He who is not with me is against me.
• He who looks for evil generally finds it.
• It’s easy to scare a bull from a window.
• Good seed makes good fruit.
• He who perseveres wins at last.
• He who laughs last, laughs best.
• To seek the hair in the egg, to pick faults where there are none.
• A meal without wine is a day without sunshine.
• United we stand, divided we fall; Union is strength.
• Where there’s life, there’s hope.
• Men are as old as they feel, but women are as old as they look.
• Fine words don’t feed cats.
• Better alone than in bad company.
• One beautiful day doesn’t make a summer.
• The poor man is lacking many things, the greedy man all.
• Experience is more important than theory.
• A good life makes an easy death.
• A good wife makes a good husband.
• Love conquers all.
• Speak the truth and shame the devil.
• To make an elephant out of a fly.
• You can’t have a full wine barrel and a drunk wife.
• Skip the enjoyment that you will regret.
• Red wine makes good blood.