You're wasting your time trying to interest the old in new endeavors.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about interest, time, old, olderness
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1901
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If you go fishing and catch nothing, go to the henhouse and get eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing
Overwhelming courtesy raises concern that you may be being deceitful.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, being
When there's a clear horizon in winter, there'll be the devil to pay.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about devil
The man who chases mules and believes women will never get to Heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man
Everything goes down the slope and everyone is inclined to the worst.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
When sweethearts want each other, the parents must inevitably accede.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about parents
It takes bales of hundredweight because a fire of straw lasts little.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade
Take care of the manger and water the animals at the drinking trough.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about animals, drinking, water
From September to August drink the old wine and leave the must to age.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness, age, drinking, wine, old
The gallows is not made for the rich, but for the head of the peasant.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about peasantry, wealth, heads
With a clear Sirocco and a dark North Wind, go to sea without concern.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, dark
If between friends there is not equality, there won't be perfect love.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about equality, perfection, love
When the dripping continues it succeeds in piercing the hardest stone.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
To ward off the boredom of life, eat snails in May and fish in August.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about boredom, life
When birds aren't making a mess it's a sign that it's been a bad year.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad luck, bad
By Saint Candelora day if it's not snowing or raining, winter is over.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about saints, day
During the winter eat long fishes, during the summer eat short fishes.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Ten ounces to all, eleven ounces to some, and a full twelve to no one.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Every promise is a debt and is owed, blessed is he who keeps his word.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about promise, word
