Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about Contentment, page 11

259 proverbs and old sayings sicilian about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

The boss said to the servant, when there isn't what you want, eat what there is.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Drink coffee while it's hot enough to make you swear but let the chocolate cool.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

How much is prestige worth, not as much as Palermo, if you take away the saints.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Everyone knows that you mustn't praise a good wine, a good horse and a good wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about 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

Do a good job of rooting out the turf and you'll prosper enough to enjoy focaccia.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

When you think you have the wind at your back, that's when you'll be disappointed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

You don't spin, you don't weave, or wind, so where did you get this pile of money?

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

The pig says: give to me and I'll give to you, don't tell me how long it's taking.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

To recognize a real friend, you have to together have eaten three bushels of salt.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Priests dressed in black bring bad tidings, in white they take you to the cemetery.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Don't maintain a friendship with cops because you'll lose your wine and your cigars.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Collect promptly, pay slowly; who knows, in case of an accident, you'll pay nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

If you invest a lot but don't maintain it, you won't even harvest enough to re-seed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

It is written in sacred scripture: where grass is growing you don't need fertilizer.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Love entered and you didn't realize it: you wanted to drive it out but you couldn't.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment