The man makes the house and not the dowry.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Spend Easter and Christmas with whomever you want, but celebrate Mardi Gras with your own.Sicilian
When loves is willing, it finds a way.
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In foreign countries money goes by the way.
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When you try to walk the straight and narrow you get pebbles in your shoes.
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Who doesn't want a fire, should remove the wood.
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January's goat meat is so good it even spoils the goatherd.
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