Get your ox from a young cow and your horse from an old mare.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
God save you from narrow doorways, a caning, stones thrown at the blind and the weighing of shop keepers.Sicilian
If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.
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Who poorly supports himself, soon falls.
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If you want a celebration provide the means.
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A dry year still produces a harvestable crop.
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What good is faith if you don't live by it.
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