Sicilian Proverbs (1198 Proverbs)
- A fortress is made of more than one stone.
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- A lady has to be of the right cut and the right measure to make a pretty figure.
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- A secretive person is up to some mischief.
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- A vain woman is not worth a nickel.
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- A youngster is never poor.
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- Always ask a higher price, because you can always lower it.
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- April, as you see me; May, as I stay; June, as I am; by July, let everything fly.
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- August rain brings oil, honey and must.
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- Better a poor husband than a lover who's a baron.
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- Blessed is the house that has a son who is a cleric.
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- Bypass monks with a big stride; have nothing to do with priests, except at Mass.
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- Completing a transaction with money borrowed at usury is a bad purchase.
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- Day doesn't come without night following.
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- Do you want to make the mute speak? Get rid of his troubles.
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- Don't give away what you need for yourself.
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- Don't make promises to the rich nor withhold from the poor.
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- Don't trust a woman who laughs.
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- Earnings from usury don't last long.
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- Every impediment is a benefit.
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- Fever sustains the sick.
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- Freedom and health, who has them is rich and doesn't know it.
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- God closes a door and opens a portico.
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- Good land and a good wife bring a man well-being.
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- Hens feet don't spoil the chick.
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- If February isn't cold and rainy, the March landscape will be green.
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- If the young had the motivation and the old had the strength, there'd be nothing that couldn't be accomplished.
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- If you go fishing and catch nothing, go to the henhouse and get eggs.
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- If you want a faithful dog start rearing him when he is young.
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- I'll believe the thunder when I see the lightning.
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- In time you'll want what you had scorned.
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- It's better to have ringworm than a farm and vineyard.
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- June rains consume the world.
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- Let me deal with my troubles myself.
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- Love the one who loves you, answer the one who calls you.
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- Marriage must occur early or it will never happen.
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- Most often a good boss makes a good steward.
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- Not all the red-faced are drunkards nor all the yellow-faced sick.
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- One Mass now is worth a hundred after you're gone.
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- Palermo is a tolerant man, whoever goes, goes and whoever comes, comes.
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- Prepare the sickles in May, use the sickles in June, and in July carry the sickles to the tool shed.
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- Render the service paid for.
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- Seed ground that has been fallow, not ground that has just yielded fruitfully.
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- Sow fava bean and flax with confidence while you still have a full silo.
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- Take her by herself and take her with nothing.
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- The boss said to the servant, when there isn't what you want, eat what there is.
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- The earth says: Give to me and I'll give to you.
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- The haughty broad bean flowers and climbs but produces little fruit.
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- A big dog doesn't play around with a lap dog.
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- A frequent accounting, a long friendship.
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- A lazy woman is never virtuous.
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- A self confident woman will soon be married.
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- A wealthy man is a pensive man.
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- Accumulation of riches brings wisdom.
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- Always use spurs with a horse, whether it's mean or gentle.
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- Around and around, the moth dies in the candle flame.
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- Avoid doctors and always keep them far away.
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- Better a woman who is dark-skinned and gracious, than one who is light-skinned and insipid.
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- Blessed is the one who cares for his soul.
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- Capacious as the sleeve of a monk and patient as the priest with his arms across his chest.
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- Concern is the beginning of wealth.
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- Death and bad luck, you take them with you wherever you go.
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- Doctors learn on their patients.
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- Don't go to the doctor for every malady, nor to the lawyer for every disagreement, nor to the fountain for every thirst.
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- Don't pass judgement on a work of art if you don't know how to create it.
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- Don't trust old people and strangers.
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- Earnings make weariness pass.
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- Every little love captured as a playful spark becomes a great flame.
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- Finish what your start.
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- From September to August drink the old wine and leave the must to age.
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- God gives cookies to those without teeth.
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- Good management and feed give eggs.
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- Her beauty is the only dowery a beautiful girl needs.
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- If I were a prophet, I wouldn't be wretched.
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- If they are roses they will blossom, if they are thorns, they will prick.
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- If you have a business you have to smile at everyone.
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- If you want bread go to Agrigento, if you want pasta go to Licata, ask for money from the people in Aci, oil and sumac from the Terminesi.
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- Ill gotten gains don't last.
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- In war, hunting, and love you suffer a thousand pains for one pleasure.
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- It's dumb to put snow on the kitchen spit, the snow melts and the fire goes out.
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- Justice and fire, keep them at arms length.
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