You can't drive donkeys without a stick, nor horses without spurs.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1899
43574 proverbs and old sayings
One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman
Prune the vines on the January moon if you want to fill the casks.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moon, contentment
Only he knows how to command, who knows the one who is commanding.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
January chicks fill the hen house, August chicks fill the baskets.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, house
In January you slaughter the lambs in February you work the skins.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work, contentment
When they give you a piglet, run there quickly with a little cord.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Putting hope in a monk, is like trying to catch the wind in a net.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about hope, trap
Not all the red-faced are drunkards nor all the yellow-faced sick.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Olives harvested with a heavy staff will produce poor tasting oil.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The fresh air from the square is better than a draft from a crack.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about air
The big bells have to ring, in order for the little bells to ring.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about order
The husband who lacks affection is like a house that lacks a roof.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about affection, husband, home, house
If you don't want to attract attention, don't start something new.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about attention, contentment
A Christian is more of a scoundrel than a rascal of a non-believer.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about christianity
A man could die just cultivating fava beans and the kitchen garden.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about kitchen, garden, death, man
A granita doesn't cost much; still it's just water, wine is better.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, water
The man who loses his wife for good cause cannot be called cuckold.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, good, good luck, man
With two bits worth of a donkey you can earn more than with a mule.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
