Lombard proverbs

Proverbs from all Lombard speaking parts of the world.

D

• De la necessità se fa vertü.
  • Idiomatic translation: Make a virtue out of necessity.
  • Meaning: Acquiesce in doing something unpleasant with a show of grace because one must do it in any case.
  • Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1079. ISBN 0415096243. 

E

• El pes de l'etâ l'è 'l piö pes che se poda portà.
  • Idiomatic translation: Age and poverty are ill to bear.
  • Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 177. ISBN 0415096243. 

See also

• Bolognese proverbs
• Corsican proverbs
• Italian proverbs
• Milanese proverbs
• Neapolitan proverbs
• Parmesan proverbs
• Piedmontese proverbs
• Sardinian proverbs
• Tuscan proverbs
• Venetian Proverbs