"Quando che la merda monta in scagno, o che la spusa o che la fa danno" 

 or,  excessive visibility & prizes to intellectually dishonest people eventually damage the whole scientific community

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"Chi tropo se inchina, mostra el culo"

 or, researchers who kiss up to powerful people... do not look good

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"Val de pí un a far que tzento a comandar"

or, the authors who actually did the work are the ones to invite at conferences 

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"Quando che l’omo xe stimà el pol pissar in let e dir che il ga suà"

or, in referee reports we are often biased and indulgent towards "big names"

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"Fa pi bacan el caro vodo de quel pien"

or, real breakthrough are often hard to digest and  do not make the hype

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"Roba rubada no fa pro" 

or, carriers built on the results of others  will eventually show their limits 

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"I mona se conosse da do robe: dal parlar quando che i dovaria tàser, e dal tàser quando che i dovarìa parlar"

or, in committes often people make a lot of remarks but never speak up when they should

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" A chi nasse sfortunai, ghe piove sul cul a star sentai"

or, luck and chance are there, in research too

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