An honest wife is a treasure that lasts, a sad wife is worse than the plague.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, treasure
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1208 proverbs and old sayings sicilian
As Maguni the Carthaginian used to say: work to the vineyard, mind the store.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about stores, mind, work
A contented stomach, a forgiving heart; but an empty stomach pardons nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heart, nothing
The real cost for both a neat house and a well kept vineyard is incalculable.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about real estate, home, house
Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The vine always says to his uncle Frank: Make me poor and I'll make you rich.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth
Confessions without contrition, and prayers without intentions are time lost.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time
If you don't collect the sheep early, you get neither the sheep nor the wool.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing
The weak who opposes the strong, is like the jug that collides with the wall.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
If it's a cock it will crow and crow, if it's a chicken it will peck its hip.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Who fails to listen to his elders, will hang his knapsack in the wrong place.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad
If you prune in April you'll fill your barrels not with wine, but with water.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, water
Wealth and holiness, believe only half, if you believe less, you'll do better.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about faith, wealth
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
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
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
