Earnings far away get spent along the way.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Don't maintain a friendship with cops because you'll lose your wine and your cigars.Sicilian
Women and cloth should not be bought in the evening.
Sicilian
Dogs that bark, protect you.
Sicilian
Whoever exchanges some lard for some other lard, one or the other must be rancid.
Sicilian
When you see a sheep's wool sky you know, if it doesn't rain today, it will rain in the morning.
Sicilian
When you lose friends, you go down many steps.
Sicilian