Tuscan proverbs
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Tuscan is a Milanese dialect spoken in the region of Tuscany which approximately lies in north-western Italy.
A[edit]
- Al bugiardo non è creduto il vero.
- English equivalent: A liar is not believed when he tells the truth.
- von Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "65" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. II. p. 36.
C[edit]
- Chi sa disprezzare di essere onorato, Merita di non esser disprezzato..
- English equivalent: Follow glory and it will flee, flee glory and it will follow thee.
- von Düringsfeld, Ida; Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto von (1872). "320". Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. p. 164.
L[edit]
- La natura può più dell'arte.
- English equivalent: Nature is beyond all teaching.
- "There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind."
- Confucius, Analects (~ 300 BC), Book XVII, Chapter VIII.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 764. ISBN 0415096243.
I[edit]
- Il medico pietoso fa la piaga puzzolente.
- English equivalent: Mild physician – putrid wounds.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 710. ISBN 0415096243.
N[edit]
- Ne' fiori cova la serpe.
- English equivalent: Look before you leap, for snakes among sweet flowers do creep.
- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1070. ISBN 0415096243.
Q[edit]
- Quando brucia nel vicinato, porta l' acqua casa tua.
- ̽English equivalentː When thy neighbour s house doth burn (is on fire) be careful (beware) of thine own.
- von Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "Nachbarn, 127" (in German). Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend. p. 73.
V[edit]
- Vivere e lasciar vivere .
- English equivalent: Live and let live.
- von Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875). "15". Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen sprachen vergleichend, zusammengestellt. H. Fries. pp. 8–.