Marriage and maids, don't suggest them because you'll be cursed.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about marriage, contentment
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1897
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Believe only a little of what you see and nothing that you hear.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about faith, nothing, contentment
When you see that it's going astray, take the mule by the reins.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Who seeks that which he must not, finds that which he wants not.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moment, change, things, bad luck, love, bad, good, good luck
The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants bread, wine, and fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, fire, fire brigade, woman, old, olderness
If your neighbor's house is afire, fetch water to save your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, house, water
Who chooses a wife based on the dowry, will have a painful life.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, life
For sulphur, wheat, wine, and wool, come to the towns of Sicily.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine
When the old man falls, don't laugh, the young have also fallen.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, old, olderness
If it isn't wintry in January then expect the worst in February.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The grill said to the frying pan: I want big fishes not minnows.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Sea urchins, limpets, and crabs you spend a lot and eat nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing, contentment
Love is like a cucumber, it starts off sweet and ends up bitter.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about end, bitter, love
Meat makes meat, bread makes a paunch, and wine makes you dance.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about dance, wine, contentment
Sometimes the rope is too short, sometimes the well is too deep.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Where many roosters are crowing, it's not because it's daylight.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Don't try to make yourself a land baron at the turn of the river.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The prior said to the abbess: without money no Mass will be sung.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about money
Eyes that you have made cry, cry; so it's no wonder if they tear.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about miracle, eyes, contentment
