Proverbs and old sayings, page 1905

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Whoever sows within the vineyard, neither reaps a crop nor harvests grapes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Better to die in the clutches of the lion than under the tail of a jackass.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about death

The young cock said to the young chicken: the whole world is like our home.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, world

Oh, oh, oh! three times I say it, who falls into poverty loses his friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about poverty

When you try to walk the straight and narrow you get pebbles in your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Walls don't have ears but they hear, they don't have mouths but they speak.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Syracuse is a lovely place, with five bucks you can eat, drink, and get by.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about drinking, contentment

The lie of the millionaire is more believable than truth from a the beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about lie, truth

Empty stalks from the Sirocco and full spikes of wheat with the North Wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who drives donkeys and believes women, will never see the face of paradise.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about paradise, face

If you engage in a business you don't understand, your money will fly away.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about affair, money, contentment

If an offense has hurt you too much, leave it, my friend, for a future time.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about future, time, contentment

The healthy can't pretend to be sick nor can the sick pretend to be healthy.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The quince is for fiancees who are fighting and the azarole for good people.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about people, good, good luck

If you still have money in the month of May, you'll have it the entire year.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about money, contentment

If you want to be loved by all, first love God, then your mother and father.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about mother, love, god, contentment

The testimony of one eyewitness is worth more than the hearsay of a hundred.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

For tender almonds go to Aragona, to see beautiful young girls go to Favara.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who doesn't want to stay with friends, is either a cop, a cuckold, or a spy.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about police

A good kid goat comes from a young goat and a good lamb from a strong sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck