The tree that’s cut down is half taken.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
In old age your strength decreases and your appetite increases.Sicilian
The healthy can't pretend to be sick nor can the sick pretend to be healthy.
Sicilian
Who drinks at night, buys himself death, who drinks in bed, buys himself a coffin.
Sicilian
See Palermo and enjoy it, see Naples then die.
Sicilian
The living who is absent is like a dead man.
Sicilian
An unrequested excuse is a self accusation.
Sicilian