Italian Proverbs about Fathers

June 23, 1:10 AMItalian Living ExaminerSerenella Leoni

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The best way to learn about a country and its language is through popular sayings or proverbs. As a follow up to the Father’s Day article on my Italian Babbo, here are some about fathers:

• A padre avaro, figliolo prodigo
  After a thrifty father, a prodigal son
• Tal padre, tal figlio
  Like father, like son
• Un padre campa cento figli e cento figli non campano un padre
  A father can support 100 sons and 100 sons cannot support a father
• Un padre che si rispetta ama i propri figli
  A father who has self respect loves his children
• I figli succhiano la madre da piccolo ed il padre da grandi
  Children live off (literally 'suckle') their mother when they are small and their father when they are adults
• Chi non ascolta il padre in giovinezza, udira' il boia in vecchiezza
  Those who do not heed their father when they are young will face the executioner when they are old
• Piu vale un padre che cento pedagoghi
  One father is worth one hundred teachers
• Tre figli e una madre, Quattro diavoli per un padre
  Three children and one wife are four devils for a father
   

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