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Cuor contento il ciel l'aiuta

English translation: heaven helps the happy

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Italian term or phrase:Cuor contento il ciel l\'aiuta
English translation:heaven helps the happy
Entered by: Beatrice Martinelli

16:10 Dec 11, 2014
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Italian term or phrase: Cuor contento il ciel l'aiuta
Anyone know whether there is an English equivalent for this saying? It means if you have a positive attitude luck will come your way.

Thank you in advance!
Beatrice Martinelli
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:00
heaven helps the happy
Explanation:
here we go

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http://www.sapere.it/sapere/dizionari/traduzioni/Italiano-In...

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http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=contènto 1
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Inter-Tra
Italy
Local time: 09:00
Grading comment
Thank you, I did use this solution even though it's not a very common saying.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2heaven helps the happy
Inter-Tra
2 +2all things come to he(him) who waits
Wendy Streitparth


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
all things come to he(him) who waits


Explanation:
Not exactly the same, but similar meaning.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lara Barnett
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lara
agree  Elena Zanetti
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Elena
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
heaven helps the happy


Explanation:
here we go

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Note added at 4 days (2014-12-16 12:27:14 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.sapere.it/sapere/dizionari/traduzioni/Italiano-In...

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Note added at 4 days (2014-12-16 12:28:05 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=contènto 1


    Reference: http://traduzione.dictionarist.com/cuor+contento+ciel+l%27ai...
Inter-Tra
Italy
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you, I did use this solution even though it's not a very common saying.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lara Barnett: This does not sound like a widely used idiom to me.
6 hrs
agree  Adar Brauner: But it's nice
13 hrs
  -> :-))
agree  EleoE
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thank you
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