Sicilian Proverbs - page 5

At the dining table you should eat without constraint. (Sicilian Proverb)
Who doesn't make a knot at the end of the thread, loses the stitch more than once. View proverb
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When the olive tree blooms during April, olives are harvested with barrels, when it blossoms in June, they are harvested in handfuls. View proverb
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When it rains in the morning, take the plow and start sowing; when it rains between Vespers and nightfall, put on your boots. View proverb
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If you want to experience the pains of hell, spend winter in Messina and summer in Palermo. View proverb
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If you urge the donkey on, you'll arrive late, if you let the donkey amble, you'll arrive early. View proverb
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With everything Messina has the port, but for beautiful Palermo it is always just an orchard. View proverb
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Prepare the fallow field well enough and you'll be free to go off and gather the hemp ties. View proverb
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The healthy can't pretend to be sick nor can the sick pretend to be healthy. View proverb
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Collect promptly, pay slowly; who knows, in case of an accident, you'll pay nothing. View proverb
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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. (Sicilian Proverb)
The first seeding on the feast of All Saints and the last on the feast of Saint Andrew. View proverb
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Who can't bite should not bare his teeth. View proverb
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Don't be foolish and awe struck, because foolishness is telling but cursing doesn't hit home. View proverb
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In Polizzi you'll find water, fog, kites, priests with children, commissions and delegates. View proverb
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A sheep's wool sky means wind's to follow, either a Levant or a West wind or a Sirocco. View proverb
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If the mule isn't kicking, it's biting. View proverb
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At death, one's words and defects are buried. View proverb
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At fifty a man is either the Pope or a fool. View proverb
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You'll know the good soldier in battle. View proverb
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There's nothing fixed under the sky and the moon. (Sicilian Proverb)
February may be short but it's the worst month. View proverb
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Who doesn't approach with disbelief, won't see the face of paradise. View proverb
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Who doesn't intend to pay, signs any contract. View proverb
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When you think you have the wind at your back, that's when you'll be disappointed. View proverb
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