Who arrives at the mill first, grinds.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Better to be born a limpet in the sea, than a load bearing donkey.Sicilian
The man makes the house and not the dowry.
Sicilian
There are two powers to contend with, those with a lot and those with nothing.
Sicilian
If you show a rich man kindness, you gain nothing, but when you wrong him he avenges himself instantly.
Sicilian
Better to die than to suffer.
Sicilian
Who has money, spouts wisdom.
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