Proverbs and old sayings, page 1907

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Who rids himself of his own freedom, always finds himself with worry and pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, pain

If you're not a King don't make new laws; leave the world the way you find it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about world, contentment

Kiss him, kiss him, little mouth of honey: you're the hooker but I'm the wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about kiss, wife, contentment

In May the horse gets fat, but if he doesn't get fat it's better to ditch him.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who takes cover under the branch, collects what rains and collects what falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

April is the time for sweet sleep, don't take things off, don't put things on.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things, sleep, time

When the ox is at the slaughterhouse everyone comes running with their knives.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

When the partridge sings in the stone quarry bring the wood into the haystack.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Choose bread with eyes, cheese without eyes and wine that makes your eyes pop.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about eyes, wine

The world is a wheel, there are some at the top and some who go to the bottom.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about world

There are two powers to contend with, those with a lot and those with nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing

Make your testimony and confessions while you're eating sausages and macaroni.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Seed ground that has been fallow, not ground that has just yielded fruitfully.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Don't retest the tested because the more you test it, the worse it will appear.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about tests, contentment

Happy are those who are well born, but happier are those who have a good death.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about happiness, death, good, good luck

You get more from a few good animals than from the many that are poorly grazed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about animals, good, good luck, contentment

Sister Nicola said: Don't put the pasta basket in the water until it's boiling.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about water

Horses should be bays, jackasses should be greys, and mules should be blackish.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who fails to show restraint in their youth, will be miserable in their old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness, youth, age, old

A woman who hugs and squeezes you has deceived you or is seeking to deceive you.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, contentment