Sicilian Proverbs - page 39

When the fields are flooded you'll have hunger, when they're snow covered there'll be plenty to eat. (Sicilian Proverb)
When the rooster crows off the hour, don't hesitate to adjust the time. View proverb
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When the weather changes, the beast sneezes. View proverb
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Don't maintain a friendship with cops because you'll lose your wine and your cigars. View proverb
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When the crane passes, urge the oxen on. View proverb
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During an epidemic doctors are happy. View proverb
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Every door has its own hinges. View proverb
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Use fertilizer to change the course of nature. View proverb
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To be worth as much as the H in the ABCs. View proverb
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For a taste treat, try tuna roe and thorny cardoons. View proverb
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From the woods a beautiful pheasant, from the sea a beautiful moray eel, from the river a den eel, from the cage a beautiful chicken. (Sicilian Proverb)
Get your ox from a young cow and your horse from an old mare. View proverb
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There's honor among thieves. View proverb
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Go early to the garden and the mill. View proverb
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God protect you from the man who looks down at the ground and the woman who looks up to heaven. View proverb
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God save us from four people: doctors, notaries, pharmacists, and bad bosses. View proverb
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The yawn doesn't lie: it wants you to eat or sleep. View proverb
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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. View proverb
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Good study and good care banish and break bad luck. View proverb
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If between friends there is not equality, there won't be perfect love. View proverb
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The old have to be respected. (Sicilian Proverb)
If you engage in a business you don't understand, your money will fly away. View proverb
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The man with a fixed income lives with anxiety and suffers as the costs of goods fluctuate. View proverb
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If you want a beautiful woman, hurry to Syracuse: if you want her ugly, run to Terranova, go to Rosolini if you want her lazy and to Spaccaforno if you're looking for one to try. View proverb
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The ideal is a four year old dog, an eight year old horse, an eighteen year old woman and a twenty eight year old man. View proverb
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