A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs / Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index

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In lungo viaggio, anche una paglia pesa. On a long journey even a straw is heavy.

In picciol tempo passa ogni gran pioggia. A heavy shower is soon over.

In quella casa è poca pace ove la gallina canta, ed il gallo tace. There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.

Insegnando s’impara. We learn by teaching.

In tempo di guerra ogni cavallo ha soldo. In war time there is pay for every horse.

In terra di ciechi beato chi ha un occhio. In the country of the blind blessed is he that hath one eye.

In un giorno non si fe’ Roma. Rome was not built in a day.

Invano si pesca, se l’amo non ha esca. It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited.

I paragoni son tutti odiosi. Comparisons are odious.

I pazzi crescono senza innaffiarli. Fools grow without watering.