The boss said to the servant, when there isn't what you want, eat what there is.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, contentment
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1908
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Who has convenience and doesn't seize it, tie him to a stall and give him straw.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Drink coffee while it's hot enough to make you swear but let the chocolate cool.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about drinking, contentment
Everyone thinks of his own gain, and plays in this way to deceive his companion.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The horns of the sister are horns of gold; the horns of the wife are true horns.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife
It's dumb to put snow on the kitchen spit, the snow melts and the fire goes out.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about kitchen, fire, fire brigade
Don't have the appetite of Miss Julia who, when she had meat, wanted chick peas.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Harvest the grapes as soon as they mature while there is still good dry weather.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather, good, good luck
Bypass monks with a big stride; have nothing to do with priests, except at Mass.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about nothing
How much is prestige worth, not as much as Palermo, if you take away the saints.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about prestige, saints, contentment
A lady has to be of the right cut and the right measure to make a pretty figure.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rightness, measure
Whoever exchanges some lard for some other lard, one or the other must be rancid.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Whoever rides into the flood, either does not own the animal or doesn't value it.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about value
Who goes to the fair without money, goes with one problem and returns with three.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about money
While we are the Pope we'll pontificate; who knows if we'll be Pope another time.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time
The summer that yields lots of pumpkins and horse radish doesn't fill the larder.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Everyone knows that you mustn't praise a good wine, a good horse and a good wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about praise, good, good luck, wine, wife, contentment
April, as you see me; May, as I stay; June, as I am; by July, let everything fly.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Whoever goes on foot during April and May, goes on horseback the rest of the year.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rest
The love of a soldier doesn't last long; when the drum rolls; Good bye, dear lady.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about love, good, good luck
