2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 177
- 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.
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