Better to be shot with a crossbow than rejected by a window slammed shut.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
If you want to live to be old you need to start early.Sicilian
White wine strengthens the hip.
Sicilian
Who suffers because of love, feels no pain.
Sicilian
Buying teaches you to sell and earning teaches you to spend.
Sicilian
From the woods a beautiful pheasant, from the sea a beautiful moray eel, from the river a den eel, from the cage a beautiful chicken.
Sicilian
Don't be foolish! because foolishness hits the mark and cursing doesn't.
Sicilian