Sicilian Proverbs (1198 Proverbs)
- The June bee portends lots of honey.
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- The man without a wife, has nothing good.
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- The old nightingale sings better.
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- The prior said to the abbess: without money no Mass will be sung.
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- The short donkey doesn't carry on his back.
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- The vineyard along the coast costs dearly.
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- There are four things to which you should not lend credence: love of women, the charity of friars, sun in the winter, and clouds in the summer.
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- There's no plan that can handle the vagaries of March.
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- To get the best dowry, marry the poor man's first daughter but the rich man's last daughter.
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- Use fertilizer to change the course of nature.
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- We're many rivers from the same water.
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- When February is rainy, it's very profitable.
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- When the fields are flooded you'll have hunger, when they're snow covered there'll be plenty to eat.
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- When the weather changes, the beast sneezes.
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- When you see a sheep's wool sky you know, if it doesn't rain today, it will rain in the morning.
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- Where the hen goes, the chicks follow.
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- Who chooses a wife based on the dowry, will have a painful life.
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- Who gets married will be happy for a day, who butchers a pig will be happy for a year.
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- Who leaves the old way for the new, the trouble not looked for, will be found there.
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- Who practices with the lame will be able to limp within a year.
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- Who stays vigilant, will win.
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- Whoever goes on foot during April and May, goes on horseback the rest of the year.
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- With death you don't lose hope: damnation is called separation.
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- Wrongful gains are quickly consumed.
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- You don't spin, you don't weave, or wind, so where did you get this pile of money?
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- You'll regret in vain when you scorn good advice.
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- The justice of God is better than the justice of the world.
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- The man without money seems half sick.
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- The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants bread, wine, and fire.
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- The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind.
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- The Sicilian horse: short and dwarf.
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- The weak who opposes the strong, is like the jug that collides with the wall.
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- There are some with thirty, some with thirty-one, with twenty-eight there is but one.
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- There's nothing fixed under the sky and the moon.
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- To have security, plan ahead.
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- Use the chicken for broth and the pullet for its meat.
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- What good is faith if you don't live by it.
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- When God wants to help you, he comes all the way to your house.
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- When the hunt is not successful, go find snails.
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- When there are lots of insects, look for a good grain year.
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- When you see many dogs at a bone, it's best to make yourself scarce.
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- Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.
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- Who doesn't approach with disbelief, won't see the face of paradise.
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- Who goes hunting without dogs, comes home without rabbits.
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- Who likes you well will come to your house.
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- Who preaches to the deaf, wastes the sermon.
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- Who suffers because of love, feels no pain.
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- Whoever goes to Palermo and doesn't see Monreale, goes there a jackass and returns a fool.
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- With everything Messina has the port, but for beautiful Palermo it is always just an orchard.
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- You can correct a mistake.
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- You drive a donkey with a stick, an ox and a mule with a prod, and the horse with a whip and spurs.
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- Your canine teeth can take you to the grave.
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- The lame jackass enjoys the journey.
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- The master is the master and the owner is the headmaster.
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- The olive grove of your grandfather, the cherry trees of your father, and your grape vines.
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- The pursued runs on four feet, the pursuer on two.
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- The sick bed makes the doctor.
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- The weaker the patient is, the sooner the sickness will end.
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- There are three tasty morsels: figs, peaches, and melons.
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- Things for children, apple, almonds and hazel nuts.
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- To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
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- Use your time as best you can, keeping the hoe and oxen ready.
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- What has the rooster of Sciacca been reduced to, to be pecked by the hen.
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- When in March sun and water are taking turns with water and sun, the mules end up doing the carrying.
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- When the hunting dog barks it's a signal that the prey is near.
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- When there is poverty, loyalty is suspect.
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- When you see that it's going astray, take the mule by the reins.
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- Where there is no love there is no charity.
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- Who doesn't intend to pay, signs any contract.
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- Who goes out in the morning finds a carlin.
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- Who lives foolishly as a youth, wails in old age.
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- Who resolves problems, doesn't die.
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- Who takes cover under the branch, collects what rains and collects what falls.
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- Whoever interferes between husband and wife is a big jackass.
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- With friends make agreements, with relatives make contracts.
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- You can tell an educated person by their talk and bells by their ringing.
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- You find snails on the mountain slope with the dew from the ravines.
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- Your looks betray your thoughts.
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- The latecomer is valued as nothing.
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- The mature fruit is cooked in August and dished out in September.
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