Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Chi ama, crede—He who loves, believes. It. Pr. 5

Chi ama, qual chi muore / Non ha da gire al ciel dal mondo altr' ale—He who loves, as well as he who dies, needs no other wing by which to soar from earth to heaven. Michael Angelo.

Chi ama, teme—He who loves, fears. It. Pr.

Chi asino è, e cervo esser si crede, al saltar del fosso se n'avvede—He who is an ass and thinks he is a stag, will find his error when he has to leap a ditch. It. Pr.

Chi compra ciò pagar non può, vende ciò che non vuole—He who buys what he cannot pay for, sells what he fain would not. It. Pr.

Chi compra ha bisogno di cent occhi—He who 10 buys requires an hundred eyes. It. Pr.

Chi compra terra, compra guerra—Who buys land, buys war. It. Pr.

Chi con l'occhio vede, di cuor crede—Seeing is believing (lit. he who sees with the eye believes with the heart). It. Pr.

Chi da il suo inanzi morire s'apparecchia assai patire—He who gives of his wealth before dying, prepares himself to suffer much. It. Pr.

Chi dinanzi mi pinge, di dietro mi tinge—He who paints me before, blackens me behind. It. Pr.