The Economic Times

Italian proverb of the day: Those who have bread have no teeth, and those who have... What can this famous Italian saying teach us about missed opportunities, relationships, empathy and lifes uncertainties?

Italian proverb of the day: Those who have bread have no teeth, and those who have teeth have no bread puts a familiar frustration into just a few words. Sometimes the opportunity arrives when we are not ready, and sometimes we are ready when the opportunity is gone. The saying opens a deeper look at missed chances, bad timing, comparison, acceptance and the parts of life that simply do not fall into place when we expect them to.